Generalized Approach to Primary Hydrocarbon Recovery of Petroleum - Exploration and Productio

Although primary hydrocarbon recovery is the easiest method the very fact that a whole book can be written about it proves that is neither simple nor easy. The authors intend this as an undergraduate textbook that introduces the primary methods of extracting hydrocarbons.

List of contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Reservoir energy and producing mechanisms. 3. Rock properties. 4. Fluid properties. 5. Microscopic and macroscopic mass balances. 6. The generalized material-balance equation. 7. Fluid flow and well performance. 8. Laboratory PVT tests and lease separation. 9. Rate predictions using tank models. 10. Natural water influx. 11. Wet- and dry-gas reservoirs. 12. Black-oil reservoirs. 13. Volatile-oil and gas-condensate reservoirs. 14. Decline-curve analysis. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. Appendix E. Nomenclature. Reference. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Larry W. Lake, M. Lake Walsh, Mark P. Walsh
• Assisted by: L. W. Lake (Editor), L.W. Lake (Editor), M. Walsh (Editor), Walsh M. (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.2003
• EAN: 9780444506832
• ISBN: 978-0-444-50683-2
• No. of pages: 652
• Series: Handbook of Petroleum Exploration & Production; Handbook of Petroleum Explorat; Handbook of Petroleum Explorat; Handbook of Petroleum Exploration and Production; Handbook of Petroleum Exploration & Production
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics, Hydraulic Engineering, Dams & reservoirs