Reservoir Engineering Handbook, Third Edition

Reservoir Engineering Handbook, Third Edition, 9780750679725 (0750679727), Gulf Professional, 2006

Reservoir Engineering, Third Edition provides solid information and insight for engineers and students alike on maximizing production from a field in order to obtain the best possible economic return. This guide contains information on predicting oil reservoir performance through the analysis of oil recovery mechanisms and performance calculations. It also contains valuable information on key relationships among the different operating variables.

The examples contained within this reference demonstrate the performance of processes under forceful conditions through a wide variety of applications.

* New chapters on decline and type curve analysis as well as reservoir simulation
* Updated material including the liquid volatility parameter, commonly designated Rv
* Provides a guide to predicting oil reservoir performance through the analysis of oil recovery mechanisms and performance calculation

Two new chapters have been added to the first edition to make this book a complete resource for students and professionals in the petroleum industry: Principles of Waterflooding, Vapor-Liquid Phase Equilibria.

About the Author

Tarek Ahmed, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior Staff Advisor with Anadarko Petroleum Copr. Before joining Anadarko in 2002 Dr. Ahmed served as professor and chairman of the petroleum engineering department at Montana Tech, a college of the University of Montana in Butte. He also holds a chair endowed by Union Pacific. Tarek is also the author of our highly successful Reservoir Engineering Handbook.

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