This book explains the fundamentals of reservoir engineering and their practical application in conducting a comprehensive field study

This Edition provides an up-to-date reference to the tools, techniques, and science for predicting oil reservoir performance even in the most difficult fields.
Topics covered in the handbook include: Processes to enhance production Well modification to maximize oil and gas recovery; Completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, and well surveys.
The book 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.
With this handbook, professionals will find a valuable reference for understanding the key relationships among the different operating variables.
Examples contained in this reference demonstrate the performance of processes under forceful conditions through a wide variety of applications.
. Fundamental for the advancement of reservoir engineering concepts
. Step-by-step field performance calculations
. Easy to understand analysis of oil recovery mechanisms
. Step-by-step analysis of oil recovery mechanisms
. New chapter on fractured reservoirs

Contents
Dedicatiton
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
About the Author
1 Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Behavior
2 Reservoir Fluid Properties
3 Laboratory Analysis of Reservoir Fluids
4 Fundamentals of Rock Properties
5 Relative Permeability Concepts
6 Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow
7 Oil Well Performance
8 Gas Well Performance
9 Gas and Water Coning
10 Water Influx
11 Oil Recovery Mechanisms and the Material Balance Equation
12 Predicting Oil Reservoir Performance
13 Gas Reservoirs
14 Principles of Waterflooding
15 Vapor Liquid Phase Equilibria
16 Analysis of Decline and Type Curves
17 Fractured Reservoirs
Appendix
Index

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