Petrophysics
Theory and Practice of Measuring Reservoir Rock and Fluid Transport Properties
- 2nd Edition - January 24, 2004
- Authors: Erle C. Donaldson, Djebbar Tiab
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 9 7 6 5 - 5
The petroleum geologist and engineer must have a working knowledge of petrophysics in order to find oil reservoirs, devise the best plan for getting it out of the ground, then… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThe petroleum geologist and engineer must have a working knowledge of petrophysics in order to find oil reservoirs, devise the best plan for getting it out of the ground, then start drilling. This book offers the engineer and geologist a manual to accomplish these goals, providing much-needed calculations and formulas on fluid flow, rock properties, and many other topics that are encountered every day. New updated material covers topics that have emerged in the petrochemical industry since 1997.
- Contains information and calculations that the engineer or geologist must use in daily activities to find oil and devise a plan to get it out of the ground
- Filled with problems and solutions, perfect for use in undergraduate, graduate, or professional courses
- Covers real-life problems and cases for the practicing engineer
Students and Professionals in petroleum engineering and geosciences departments, reservoir engineers, petroleum geologists
Introduction to MineralogyPetroleum GeologyPorosity and PermeabilityFormation Resistivity and Water SaturationCapillary PressureWettabilityApplications of Darcy's LawNaturally Fractured Reservoirs IntroductionEffect of Stress on Rock Properties Static Stress - Strain RelationFluid-rock Interaction Importance of Near-Wellbore Permeability
- No. of pages: 880
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 24, 2004
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780080497655
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Erle C. Donaldson
Erle C. Donaldson is an independent consultant and managing editor of the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. He was elected to the International Hall of Fame for Science in 1993. He has received a distinguished service award from the Republic of Honduras and other honors from the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Petroleum Engineering Honor Society, and the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Donaldson has written, co-authored, and served as editor on numerous articles and books.
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Professor Emeritus, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USADT
Djebbar Tiab
Djebbar Tiab is Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma, where he served as Professor of petroleum engineering from 1977 - 2014. His B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. are in petroleum engineering. He is GM and Owner of UPTEC (United Petroleum Technology LLC), a training and consulting company. He has taught graduate petroleum engineering courses at the African University of Science and Technology since 2008. Before joining the University of Oklahoma, he was a Research Associate and Assistant Professor at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Djebbar worked in Algerian oil fields for Alcore S.A. as well as for Core Laboratories and Western Atlas as Senior Reservoir Engineer Advisor. Dr. Tiab has taught courses on reservoir engineering, production, well test analysis and reservoir characterization, and authored/co-authored over 260 technical papers on pressure transient analysis, dynamic flow analysis, petrophysics, natural gas engineering, reservoir characterization, reservoir engineering, and injection processes.
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant and Senior Professor of Petroleum Engineering, University of OklahomaRead Petrophysics on ScienceDirect