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.
No. of pages: 652
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 4
Published: June 26, 2003
Imprint: Elsevier Science
Paperback ISBN: 9780444561756
Hardback ISBN: 9780444506832
eBook ISBN: 9780080574882
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M. Walsh
Affiliations and expertise
Petroleum Recovery Research Institute, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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L.W. Lake
Affiliations and expertise
Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA