Introduction to petroleum engineering. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John R. Fanchi, Richard L. Christiansen.
• Authors: Fanchi, John R; Christiansen, Richard L
• Contents: About the authors Preface i Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 What is Petroleum Engineering? 1.2 Life Cycle of a Reservoir 1.3 Reservoir Management 1.4 Petroleum Economics 1.5 Petroleum and the Environment 1.6 Activities Chapter 2 The Future of Energy 2.1 Global Oil and Gas Production and Consumption 2.2 Resources and Reserves 2.3 Oil and Gas Resources 2.4 Global Distribution of Oil and Gas Reserves 2.5 Peak Oil 2.6 Future Energy Options 2.7 Activities Chapter 3 Properties of Reservoir Fluids 3.1 Origin 3.2 Classification 3.3 Definitions 3.4 Gas Properties 3.5 Oil Properties 3.6 Water Properties 3.7 Sources of Fluid Data 3.8 Applications of Fluid Properties 3.9 Activities Chapter 4 Properties of Reservoir Rock 4.1 Porosity 4.2 Permeability 4.3 Reservoir Heterogeneity and Permeability 4.4 Directional Permeability 4.5 Activities Chapter 5 Multiphase Flow 5.1 Interfacial Tension, Wettability, and Capillary Pressure 5.2 Fluid Distribution and Capillary Pressure 5.3 Relative Permeability 5.4 Mobility and Fractional Flow 5.5 One-Dimensional Water-Oil Displacement 5.6 Well Productivity 5.7 Activities Chapter 6 Petroleum Geology 6.1 Geologic History of the Earth 6.2 Rocks and Formations 6.3 Sedimentary Basins and Traps 6.4 What do you need to form a hydrocarbon reservoir? 6.5 Volumetric Analysis, Recovery Factor, and EUR 6.6 Activities Chapter 7 Reservoir Geophysics 7.1 Seismic Waves 7.2 Acoustic Impedance and Reflection Coefficients 7.3 Seismic Resolution 7.4 Seismic Data Acquisition, Processing, and Interpretation 7.5 Petroelastic Model 7.6 Geomechanical Model 7.7 Activities Chapter 8 Drilling 8.1 Drilling Rights 8.2 Rotary Drilling Rigs 8.3 The Drilling Process 8.4 Types of Wells 8.5 Activities Chapter 9 Well Logging 9.1 Logging Environment 9.2 Lithology Logs 9.3 Porosity Logs 9.4 Resistivity Logs 9.5 Other Types of Logs 9.6 Log Calibration with Formation Samples 9.7 MWD and LWD 9.8 Reservoir Characterization Issues 9.9 Activities Chapter 10 Well Completions 10.1 Skin 10.2 Production Casing and Liners 10.3 Perforating 10.4 Acidizing 10.5 Hydraulic Fracturing 10.7 Activities Chapter 11 Upstream Facilities 11.1 Onshore Facilities 11.2 Flash Calculation for Separators 11.3 Pressure Rating for Separators 11.4 Single-Phase Flow in Pipe 11.5 Multiphase Flow in Pipe 11.6 Well Patterns 11.7 Offshore Facilities 11.8 Activities Urban Operations – The Barnett Shale 11.9 Activities Chapter 12 Transient Well Testing 12.1 Pressure Transient Testing 12.2 Oil Well Pressure Transient Testing 12.3 Gas Well Pressure Transient Testing 12.4 Gas Well Deliverability 12.5 Summary of Transient Well Testing 12.6 Activities Chapter 13 Production Performance 13.1 Field Performance Data 13.2 Decline Curve Analysis 13.3 Probabilistic Decline Curve Analysis 13.4 Oil Reservoir Material Balance 13.5 Gas Reservoir Material Balance 13.6 Depletion Drive Mechanisms and Recovery Efficiencies 13.7 Inflow Performance Relationships 13.8 Activities Chapter 14 Reservoir Performance 14.1 Reservoir Flow Simulators 14.2 Reservoir Flow Modeling Workflows 14.3 Performance of Conventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs 14.4 Performance of an Unconventional Reservoir 14.5 Performance of Geothermal Reservoirs 14.6 Activities Chapter 15 Midstream and Downstream Operations 15.1 The Midstream Sector 15.2 The Downstream Sector: Refineries 15.3 The Downstream Sector: Natural Gas Processing Plants 15.4 Sakhalin-2 Project, Sakhalin Island, Russia 15.5 Activities Appendix A Unit Conversion Factors References Index
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Subjects: 665.5; Petroleum engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical; Petroleum engineering; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119193463; 9781119193616; 1119193613
• Related ISBNs: 111919346X; 9781119193449; 1119193443
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