RESERVOIR
The principal goal of reservoir characterization is to outsmart nature to obtain higher recoveries with fewer wells in better positions at minimum cost through optimization. Reservoir characterization as a discipline grew out of the recognition that more oil and gas could be extracted from reservoirs if the geology of the reservoir was understood.
The book focuses on stratigraphic aspects of characterization, with particular emphasis on understanding the primary control that depositional processes and systems exert on reservoir performance, and the extent to which stratigraphic features can be predicted away from the wellbore. This book is also for petroleum engineers who seek to understand what geologists and geophysicists do and to explore how all three groups can help improve reservoir performance in a team setting. |
This book provides the basic fundamentals and many of the useful practical reservoir engineering methods that can be used today. It is also aimed at the practicing petroleum engineer who unknowingly misuses reservoir engineering techniques such as the Horner plot, Stiles prediction of flood behavior, gas-well testing procedures set forth by state control agencies, productivity index tests, and others. When misapplied, these techniques yield more wrong answers than right. |
This book is intended for the use of geologist, geophysists, petrophysists, and engineers interested in building geologic models that can be converted into realistic reservoir flow models of carbonate reservoirs. The fundamental link between geologic models and engineering fluid-flow models is the relationship between petrophysical properties and rock fabrics. Pore geometries control the flow properties and geologic history, as observed in rock fabrics, controls the pore geometries. Therefore, it is the study of rock fabrics that integrates geological and engineering data. |
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