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Presents key concepts and terminology for a multidisciplinary range of topics in petroleum engineering
* Places oil and gas production in the global energy context
* Introduces all of the key concepts that are needed to understand oil and gas production from exploration through abandonment
* Reviews fundamental terminology and concepts from geology, geophysics, petrophysics, drilling, production and reservoir engineering
* Includes many worked practical examples within each chapter and exercises at the end of each chapter highlight and reinforce material in the chapter
* Includes a solutions manual for academic adopters
List of contents
About the Authors xiii
Preface xv
About the Companion Website xvi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 What is Petroleum Engineering? 1
1.1.1 Alternative Energy Opportunities 3
1.1.2 Oil and Gas Units 3
1.1.3 Production Performance Ratios 4
1.1.4 Classification of Oil and Gas 4
1.2 Life Cycle of a Reservoir 6
1.3 Reservoir Management 9
1.3.1 Recovery Efficiency 9
1.4 Petroleum Economics 11
1.4.1 The Price of Oil 14
1.4.2 How Does Oil Price Affect Oil Recovery? 14
1.4.3 How High Can Oil Prices Go? 15
1.5 Petroleum and the Environment 16
1.5.1 Anthropogenic Climate Change 16
1.5.2 Environmental Issues 19
1.6 Activities 20
1.6.1 Further Reading 20
1.6.2 True/False 21
1.6.3 Exercises 21
2 The Future of Energy 23
2.1 Global Oil and Gas Production and Consumption 23
2.2 Resources and Reserves 24
2.2.1 Reserves 27
2.3 Oil and Gas Resources 29
2.3.1 Coal Gas 29
2.3.2 Gas Hydrates 31
2.3.3 Tight Gas Sands, Shale Gas, and Shale Oil 31
2.3.4 Tar Sands 33
2.4 Global Distribution of Oil and Gas Reserves 34
2.5 Peak Oil 36
2.5.1 World Oil Production Rate Peak 37
2.5.2 World Per Capita Oil Production Rate Peak 37
2.6 Future Energy Options 39
2.6.1 Goldilocks Policy for Energy Transition 39
2.7 Activities 42
2.7.1 Further Reading 42
2.7.2 True/False 42
2.7.3 Exercises 42
3 Properties of Reservoir Fluids 45
3.1 Origin 45
3.2 Classification 47
3.3 Definitions 51
3.4 Gas Properties 54
3.5 Oil Properties 55
3.6 Water Properties 60
3.7 Sources of Fluid Data 61
3.7.1 Constant Composition Expansion 61
3.7.2 Differential Liberation 62
3.7.3 Separator Test 62
3.8 Applications of Fluid Properties 63
3.9 Activities 64
3.9.1 Further Reading 64
3.9.2 True/False 64
3.9.3 Exercises 64
4 Properties of Reservoir Rock 67
4.1 Porosity 67
4.1.1 Compressibility of Pore Volume 69
4.1.2 Saturation 70
4.1.3 Volumetric Analysis 71
4.2 Permeability 71
4.2.1 Pressure Dependence of Permeability 73
4.2.2 Superficial Velocity and Interstitial Velocity 74
4.2.3 Radial Flow of Liquids 74
4.2.4 Radial Flow of Gases 75
4.3 Reservoir Heterogeneity and Permeability 76
4.3.1 Parallel Configuration 76
4.3.2 Series Configuration 76
4.3.3 Dykstra-Parsons Coefficient 77
4.4 Directional Permeability 79
4.5 Activities 80
4.5.1 Further Reading 80
4.5.2 True/False 80
4.5.3 Exercises 80
5 Multiphase Flow 83
5.1 Interfacial Tension, Wettability, and Capillary Pressure 83
5.2 Fluid Distribution and Capillary Pressure 86
5.3 Relative Permeability 88
5.4 Mobility and Fractional Flow 90
5.5 One?-dimensional Water-oil Displacement 91
5.6 Well Productivity 95
5.7 Activities 97
5.7.1 Further Reading 97
5.7.2 True/False 97
5.7.3 Exercises 98
6 Petroleum Geology 101
6.1 Geologic History of the Earth 101
6.1.1 Formation of the Rocky Mountains 106
6.2 Rocks and Formations 107
6.2.1 Formations 108
6.3 Sedimentary Basins and Traps
About the author
John R. Fanchi holds the Ross B. Matthews Chair of Petroleum Engineering at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He has taught at the Colorado School of Mines, and has industrial experience with major oil and gas companies including Chevron and Marathon. He is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Richard L. Christiansen has taught Petroleum Engineering at the University of Utah and Colorado School of Mines. He has broad industrial experience as a petroleum engineer in independent and major oil and gas companies. He has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
