Technical guidance for petroleum exploration and production plans. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tarek Al-Arbi Omar Ganat.
• Other Names: Ganat, Tarek Al-Arbi Omar
• Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Overview of Chapters -- Contents -- 1 Hydrocarbon Exploration -- 1.1 Oil and Gas Estimation Reserves -- 1.2 Exploration and Production Licensing -- 1.3 Field Development Planning Road Map -- 1.4 Exploration and Evaluation -- 1.4.1 Field Discovery -- 1.4.2 Field Evaluation -- 1.4.3 Field Development -- 1.4.4 Field Production -- 1.4.5 Field Abandonment -- 1.5 Economic Evaluation of Oil and Gas Projects -- 1.5.1 Generating Forecasts of Key Technical and Economic Parameters -- 1.5.2 Modeling of the Fiscal System -- 1.5.3 Calculation of Economic Indicators 2 Prospective Resources: Plays, Leads, and Prospects -- 2.1 Play -- 2.2 Lead -- 2.3 Prospect -- 2.4 Rock Volume -- 2.5 Hydrocarbon in Place -- 3 Understanding Exploration, Appraisal and Production Stages -- 3.1 Exploratory Wells -- 3.2 Appraisal Wells -- 3.3 Appraisal and Delineation Phase -- 3.4 Scheduling for Exploration and Appraisal Phases -- 3.5 Development Stage -- 3.6 Petroleum Plateau Stage -- 3.7 Decline Phase -- 4 Estimation of Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties -- 4.1 Porosity/Depth Trends in Reservoirs -- 4.2 Porosity-Permeability Trends -- 4.3 Water Saturation/Permeability Trends 4.4 Recovery Efficiency Versus Depth/Play Trends -- 4.5 Formation Volume Factors -- 5 Petroleum Reservoir Analogues -- 5.1 Using Nearby Analogues -- 5.2 Using Global Analogues -- 5.3 Improved Hydrocarbon Recovery -- 5.4 Analogue Data in the Reservoir Modelling Workflow -- 5.5 Generating Reservoir and Production Trends Using Analogy -- 6 Wells and Production Functions -- 6.1 Optimum Well Spacing -- 6.2 Finding the Optimum Number of Wells-Multi-lateral Depletion -- 6.3 Optimization Number of Wells -- 7 Upstream Facilities and Subsea Production Systems 7.1 Facilities Design and Capital Costs Considerations -- 7.2 Wet Tree Versus Dry Tree -- 8 CAPEX and OPEX Expenditures -- 8.1 Surface Facilities and Subsea Costs (Capex) -- 8.2 Drilling Costs -- 8.3 Operating Expenditure (OPEX) -- 8.4 Project Timing and Input to Economic Analysis -- 9 Case Studies Evaluations -- 9.1 Case Study-1: Small Heavy Oil Accumulation Discovery -- 9.1.1 Primary Estimation of the Recovery Factor -- 9.1.2 Rock/Fluid Properties and Well Count Estimation -- 9.1.3 Well Initial Rates and Notional Production Profile -- 9.1.4 Estimation the Capex and Opex Costs 9.1.5 Project Timing and Input to Economic Analysis -- 9.2 Case Study-2: Big Light Oil Accumulation Discovery -- 9.2.1 Primary Estimation of the Recovery Factor -- 9.2.2 Rock/Fluid Properties and Well Count Estimation -- 9.2.3 Well Initial Rates and Notional Production Profile -- 9.2.4 Estimation the Capex and Opex Costs -- 9.3 Case Study-3: Small Dry Gas Discovery -- 9.3.1 Primary Estimation of the Recovery Factor -- 9.3.2 Rock/Fluid Properties and Well Count Estimation -- 9.3.3 Well Initial Rates and Notional Production Profile -- 9.3.4 Estimation the Capex and Opex Costs
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 622/.1828; Petroleum -- Prospecting; Petroleum -- Prospecting; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030452506; 3030452506
• Related ISBNs: 9783030452490; 3030452492
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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