Tight Oil Reservoirs

Characterization, Modeling, and Field Development

1st Edition - January 21, 2023
Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
Author: Hadi Belhaj
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 2 6 9 - 2
eBook ISBN:
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Tight Oil Reservoirs: Characterization, Modeling, and Field Development, the latest release in the Unconventional Reservoir Engineering Series, delivers a full spectrum of reservoir engineering guidelines so that the engineer can focus on every stage of development specific to tight oil. Covering characterization, micro- and nano-scale modeling, drilling horizontally, completing hydraulic fracturing, and field development, each section includes case studies, practice exercises, and future references for even deeper understanding. Rounding out with coverage on field economics and remaining challenges, this book puts control in the engineer’s hands.

In this ongoing series, each release will discuss the latest resources, explain their importance in the market, show the benefits of the resource through the latest research, provide details and protocols on how to evaluate and develop the resource, and give case studies and practice questions to gain practicality.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
About the author
Preface
Acknowledgment
Chapter 1: Introduction
References
Chapter 2: Classification of unconventional reservoirs
Summary
2.1: Reservoir classification strategy
2.2: Classification of petroleum systems
2.3: What makes reservoirs unconventional
2.4: Classification of tight unconventional reservoirs
References
Chapter 3: Geology of tight unconventional oil reservoirs
Summary
3.1: Petroleum geology of tight unconventional reservoirs
3.2: Geological aspects of shale and tight plays
3.3: Source and near-source rock-type unconventional reservoirs
References
Chapter 4: Formation evaluation of tight unconventional reservoirs
Summary
4.1: Tight unconventional reservoir production background
4.2: Formation evaluation: Conventional versus unconventional reservoirs
4.3: Formation evaluation of conventional reservoirs
4.4: Formation evaluation of unconventional reservoirs
4.5: Assessment case study # 1
4.6: Assessment case study # 2
4.7: Data source and valuation
4.8: Role of macro-, micro-, and nanoscale assessment of tight unconventional reservoirs
4.9: Static modeling role in formation evaluation of unconventional reservoirs
4.10: Hydrocarbon enrichment spot identification
References
Chapter 5: Reservoir characterization of tight unconventional reservoirs
Summary
5.1: Reservoir description
5.2: Macro-/micro-/nanoscale role in tight unconventional reservoir characterization
5.3: Flow mechanisms of shale nanochannels
5.4: Tight unconventional reservoir transition zone description
5.5: Role of CT/XRD/NMR/SEM
5.6: Tight unconventional reservoir data integration
5.7: Ordos basin, Northcentral China case study
References
Chapter 6: Dynamic modeling of tight unconventional reservoirs
Summary
6.1: Main differences between conventional and tight unconventional reservoirs flow modeling
6.2: Dynamic/static model projection
6.3: Mechanisms controlling fluid flow through tight UCRs
6.4: Dynamic model development
6.5: Dynamic model validation
6.6: Mathematical expressions
References
Chapter 7: Field development of tight unconventional reservoirs
Summary
7.1: Tight unconventional reservoirs development criteria
7.2: Current practice
7.3: Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing challenges
7.4: Tight unconventional reservoir production profile
7.5: Production profile comparison of conventional and tight unconventional reservoirs
7.6: Advancement in hydraulic fracturing technologies
7.7: Refracturing
7.8: Advancements in slim wells
7.9: EOR for tight unconventional reservoirs
7.10: Case studies
References
Chapter 8: Economics and risk analysis of tight oil unconventional reservoirs
Summary
8.1: Background
8.2: Economic and risk analysis of conventional reservoirs
8.3: Economics and risk analysis of tight unconventional reservoirs
8.4: Case studies # 1
8.5: Case study # 2
References
Chapter 9: Energy transition impact on unconventional reservoirs: Carbon capture and sequestration
Summary
9.1: Background
9.2: Global measures of CO2 emissions and sequestration
9.3: Environmental measures
9.4: The role of carbon capture and sequestration
9.5: Components of the CCS system
9.6: Storage capacity assessment
9.7: Carbon capture
9.8: Carbon geological storage
9.9: Carbon interaction and sequestration in unconventional resources
9.10: Carbon trapping mechanisms
References
Further reading
Chapter 10: Remaining challenges
Summary
10.1: Formation evaluation challenges
10.2: Economic challenges
10.3: Well development challenges
10.4: Drilling technology cost
10.5: Hydraulic fracturing cost
10.6: Facility development cost
10.7: Operating cost
10.8: Production and revenue
10.9: Converting to a cleaner energy
References
Index

Hadi Belhaj

Dr. Hadi A. Belhaj is a petroleum engineering faculty member at Khalifa University (KU) teaching a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses ranging from reservoir engineering to unconventional reservoir characterization and modeling to drilling engineering to petroleum economics and risk analysis to hydrogen resourcing, storage, and recovery to CCS. Dr. Belhaj has over 40 years of combined industrial and academic experience with key qualifications and research achievements in reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, modeling fractured reservoirs, EOR, reservoir stimulation, sand production, unconventional reservoirs, and decarbonized fossil fuels. Geographically, his experience spreads over North America, Europe, North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Prior to KU/PI merging, Dr. Belhaj was engaged with the Petroleum Institute, Texas Tech University, and Dalhousie University, respectively. From 1982 until 2000, Dr. Belhaj worked with Schlumberger and the Libyan National Oil Corporation (LNOC), respectively. Dr. Belhaj is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). For his unwavering 40-year-long-continued outstanding services with passion, commitment, and dedication to the SPE and its members at all levels, the SPE honoured Dr. Belhaj with the 2021 SPE Distinguished Service Award. He is also is the recipient of 2013/2020 SPE Regional Distinguished Achievement for Petroleum Engineering Faculty Award and the 2019 SPE Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award. Dr. Belhaj is currently a member of the JPT Editorial Committee and SPE-ATCE Technical Program Subcommittee and has served on numerous other SPE and none SPE educational, research, and judging-related committees as well as conference, workshop, forum programming, and organizing committees. Dr. Belhaj has contributed several consortium research proposals dealing with petroleum and energy exploitation challenges generating more than 17 million dollars of research grants. He has published more than 150-refereed journal and conference articles. Dr. Belhaj is a member of other professional societies and organizations around the globe; the Society of Special Core Analysts (SCA), the International Society for Porous Media, and the OMAE-ASME are among them. Dr. Belhaj currently serves as the Associate Editor for the Springer Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology Journal and the Taylor & Francis Petroleum Science and Technology Journal. Dr. Belhaj earned a PhD from Dalhousie University, Canada, an MSc from the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Canada, and a BSc. from the University of Tripoli, Libya.

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