Basic Reservoir Engineering

Basic Reservoir Engineering, written for use in a first introductory one-semester course in reservoir engineering, introduces the underlying goals of reservoir engineering and presents a clear roadmap for analyzing reservoirs themselves.Basic Reservoir Engineering:Includes chapter review questions to help students understand, practice, and retain the information presented.Includes a glossary that enlightens the student to much of the jargon found in the oil and gas industry.Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the field of reservoir engineering.Chapter 2 presents basic reservoir concepts dealing with flow through porous media including porosity, permeability, saturation, relative permeability, capillary pressure, hysteresis, and resistivity theory.Chapter 3 deals with basic pressure-volume-temperature behaviour concepts for petroleum fluids.Chapter 4 introduces mapping and volumetric calculations.Chapter 5 describes decline analysis and the construction of type curves.Chapters 6 outlines the material balance method for oilChapter 7 outlines the material balance method for gas systems.Chapter 8 describes water aquifer models.Chapter 9 describes some basic models for describing oil production including displacement theory.Chapter 10 describes buildup and drawdown theory.Chapter 11 introduces analysis of thermal processes including cyclic steam stimulation and steam-assisted gravity drainage.Chapter 12 describes basic data requirements and theory of reservoir simulation.