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1 fundamentals of reservoir fluid behavior ........... 1<br/>Classification of reservoirs and reservoir fluids, 1; problems, 27;<br/>References, 27<br/>2 reservoir-fluid properties ...... ............ ...... 29<br/>Properties of natural gases, 29; behavior of ideal gases, 30;<br/>Behavior of real gases, 36; effect of nonhydrocarbon components<br/>On the z-factor, 44; correction for high-molecular weight gases,<br/>49; direct calculation of compressibility factors, 54;<br/>Compressibility of natural gases, 59; gas formation volume factor,<br/>65; gas viscosity, 67; methods of calculating the viscosity of<br/>Natural gases, 68; properties of crude oil systems, 75; methods of<br/>Calculating viscosity of the dead oil, 115; methods of calculating<br/>The saturated oil viscosity, 117; methods of calculating the<br/>Viscosity of the undersaturated oil, 119; properties of reservoir<br/>Water, 124; problems, 126; references, 133<br/>3 laboratory analysis of reservoir fluids ............. 136<br/>Composition of the reservoir fluid, 137; constant-composition<br/>Expansion tests, 137; differential liberation (vaporization) test,<br/>149; separator tests, 152; extrapolation of reservoir fluid data, 164;<br/>Laboratory analysis of gas condensate systems, 171; problems, 184;<br/>References, 188<br/>4 fundamentals of rock properties ................... 189<br/>Porosity, 190; saturation, 195; wettability, 199; surface and<br/>Interfacial tension, 200; capillary pressure, 203; permeability, 227;<br/>Rock compressibility, 254; net pay thickness, 260; reservoir<br/>Heterogeneity, 261; areal heterogeneity, 274; problems, 281;<br/>References, 286<br/>5 relative permeability concepts ..................... 288<br/>Two-phase relative permeability, 289; relative permeability ratio,<br/>308; dynamic pseudo-relative permeabilities, 311; normalization<br/>And averaging relative permeability data, 313; three-phase relative<br/>Permeability, 320; problems, 329; references, 330<br/>6 fundamentals of reservoir fluid flow ............... 331<br/>Types of fluids, 332; flow regimes, 334; reservoir geometry, 336;<br/>Number of flowing fluids in the reservoir, 339; fluid flow<br/>Equations, 340; steady-state flow, 342; unsteady-state flow, 373;<br/>Constant-terminal-pressure solution, 384; constant-terminal-rate<br/>Solution, 384; pseudosteady-state flow, 413; principle of<br/>Superposition, 442; transient well testing, 453; problems, 476;<br/>References, 482<br/>7 oil well performance .................. ........... 484<br/>Vertical oil well performance, 484; horizontal oil well<br/>Performance, 528; problems, 542; references, 544<br/>8 gas well performance ............................ 546<br/>Vertical gas well performance, 546; horizontal gas well<br/>Performance, 577; problems, 580; references, 581<br/>9 gas and water coning ........................... 583<br/>Coning, 584; coning in vertical wells, 587; breakthrough time in<br/>Vertical wells, 620; after breakthrough performance, 624; coning<br/>In horizontal wells, 629; horizontal well breakthrough time, 638;<br/>Problems, 646; references, 648<br/>10 water influx....... ........................... . 650<br/>Classification of aquifers, 651; recognition of natural water influx,<br/>654; water influx models, 655; problems, 728; references, 731<br/>11 oil recovery mechanisms and the material balance<br/>Equation ...................................... 733<br/>Primary recovery mechanisms, 734; the material balance<br/>Equation, 752; problems, 806; references, 809<br/>12 predicting oil reservoir performance ............. 810<br/>Phase 1. Reservoir performance prediction methods, 811; phase 2.<br/>Relating reservoir performance to time, 850; problems, 853;<br/>References, 854<br/>13 gas reservoirs .................................. 855<br/>The volumetric method, 856; the material balance method, 859;<br/>Material balance equation as a straight line, 874; abnormally<br/>Pressured gas reservoirs, 880; problems, 906; references, 908<br/>14 principles of waterflooding........................ 909<br/>Factors to consider in waterflooding, 910; optimum time to<br/>Waterflood, 915; effect of trapped gas on waterflood recovery,<br/>917; selection of flooding patterns, 927; overall recovery<br/>Efficiency, 932; i. Displacement efficiency, 934; ii. Areal sweep<br/>Efficiency, 985; iii. Vertical sweep efficiency, 1041; methods of<br/>Predicting recovery performance for layered reservoirs, 1058;<br/>Waterflood surveillance, 1069; problems, 1085; references, 1094<br/>15 vapor-liquid phase equilibria.................... 1096<br/>Vapor pressure, 1096; equilibrium ratios, 1099; flash calculations,<br/>1103; equilibrium ratios for real solutions, 1107; equilibrium<br/>Ratios for the plus fraction, 1120; applications of the equilibrium<br/>Ratio in reservoir engineering, 1122; equations of state, 1154;<br/>Applications of the equation of state in petroleum engineering,<br/>1194; splitting and lumping schemes of the plus-fraction, 1207;<br/>Problems, 1225; references, 1229<br/>16 analysis of decline and type curves .......... .... 1235<br/>Decline-curve analysis, 1235; type-curve analysis, 1264;<br/>Problems, 1333; references, 1335<br/><br/> |
