Principles of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXVI

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2. Immiscible Displacement in Homogeneous Porous Media

   • Gian Luigi Chierici

   Pages 1-53

3. The Injection of Water into the Reservoir

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   Pages 55-122

4. The Simulation of Reservoir Behaviour Using Numerical Modelling

   • Gian Luigi Chierici

   Pages 123-229

5. Forecasting Well and Reservoir Performance Through the Use of Decline Curves and Identified Models

   • Gian Luigi Chierici

   Pages 231-253

6. Techniques for Improving the Oil Recovery

   • Gian Luigi Chierici

   Pages 255-375

7. Back Matter

   Pages 377-398

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Volume 1 of this book dealt with the techniques behind the acquisition, processing and interpretation of basic reservoir data. This second vol­ ume is devoted to the study, verification and prediction of reservoir behaviour, and methods of increasing productivity and oil recovery. I should like to bring a few points to the reader's attention. Firstly, the treatment of immiscible displacement by the method of characteristics. The advantage of this approach is that it brings into evidence the various physical aspects of the process, especially its dependence on the properties of the fluids concerned, and on the velocity of displacement. It was not until after the publication of the first, Italian, edition of this book (February 1990) that I discovered a similar treatment in the book Enhanced Oil Recovery, by Larry W. Lake, published in 1989. Another topic that I should like to bring to the reader's attention is the forecasting of reservoir behaviour by the method of identified models. This original contribution to reservoir engineering is based on systems theory - a science which should, in my opinion, find far wider applica­ tion, in view of the "black box" nature of reservoirs and their responses to production processes.

• Bohrlochprüfung
• Erdöllagerstättenbewertun
• Erdöllagerstättentechnik
• Petrophysik
• Petrtoleum reservoir engineering
• Produktionsabschätzung
• Reservoir
• Thermodynamik
• petroleum reservoir evaluation
• production logging
• thermodynamics
• well testing
• mineral resources

• Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  Gian Luigi Chierici

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