Archer J.S., Wall C.G. Petroleum Engineering: Principles and Practice

Graham and Trotman Ltd., 1986. 375 p. — ISBN: 0860106659.ForewordPetroleum Engineering: A creative technologyReservoirs
Conditions for occurrence
Reservoir pressures
Fluid pressures in a hydrocarbon zone
Reservoir temperatures ,
Nature of reservoir fluids
Reservoir data - sourcesOilwell Drilling
Operations
Costs
Well completions and oilwell casing
Completion
Drilling fluid control
Rheology of well fluids (drilling muds and cements)
Formation breakdown pressures and leak off tests
Data acquisition during drilling
Mud fluids for core recovery
Drilling optimization
Petroleum Engineering: Principles and Practice
Turbine versus conventional rotary
Special problc~ns in drilling
Completion for productionProperties of Reservoir Fluids
Volumetric and phasc behaviour of hydrocarbon systems
Applications to field ryrtems
Compressibility
Measurement and prediction of reservoir fluid properties
Formation volume factors, B
Gas-oil ratios
Direct measurements- PVT analysis
Generalized correlations for liquid systemsCharacteristics of Reservoir Rocks
Data sources and application
Coring decisions
Conventional and oriented coring
Coring mud systems
Core preservation
Well site controls
Core for special core analysis
Core-derived data
Geological studies
Routine core analysis
Porosity
Permeability
Relationships bctween porosity and permeabilityFluid Saturation: influence of wettability and capillary pressure
Equilibrium conditions
Laboratory measurements and relationship with reservoiv systems
Pore size distribution
Capillary pressure hysteresis
Saturation dirtributions in reservoir intervals
Correlation of capillary pressure data from a given rock typeRelative permeability and multiphase flow in porous media
Definitions
Fractional flow
Effects of permeability variation
Wettability effects
Laboratory determination of relative permeability data
Residual saturations
In situ wettability control
Relative permeability from correlations
alidation of relative permeability data for use in displacement calculations
Pseudo-relative permeability in dynamic systems
Static pseudo-relative permeability funttionsRepresentation of volumetric estimates and recoverable reserves
In-place volume
Areal extent of reservoirs
Thickness maps
Lithofacies representation
Isoporosity maps
Isocapacity maps
Hydrocarbon pore volume maps
Probabilistic estimation
Recovery factors and reserves
Distribution of equity in petroleum reservoirsRadial Flow Analysis of Well Performance
Radial flow in a simple system
Development of the line source solution
Radial equations in practical units
Application of analytical solutions in well test methods
Pressure build-up analysis - Skin effect
Pressure drawdown and reservoir limit testing
Gas well testing
Well test procedures
Well testing and pressure analysisReservoir Performance Analysis
Recovery from gas reservoirs
Primary recovery in oil reservoirs
Gravity segregation and recovery efficiencies
Material balance for reservoirs with water encroachment or water injection
Accuracy of the gross material balance equationSecondary Recovery and Pressure Maintenance
Displacement principles
Petroleum Engineering: Principles and Practice
Factors influencing secondary recovery and pressure maintenance schemes
Quality of injection fluids and disposal of brinesImproved Hydrocarbon Recovery Targets
The influence of recovcry mechanism on residual oil
Permeability improvement
Miscible displacement mechanisms
Miscible flood applications
Chemical flood processes
Heavy oil recovery
Thermal energy
Gas condensate reservoirs
Volatile oil reservoirsFactors Influencing Production Operations
The production system
Reservoir bchaviour in production engineering
Wcllbore flow
Field process facilities
Natural gas processing
Crude oil processing
Heavy oil processing
Produced water treatment
Injection water treatment
Crude oil meteringConcepts in Reservoir Modelling and Application to Development Planning
Models
Equations of inultiphase flow
Simulator classifications
Sirnulator application
Reservoir description in modelling
Application of reservoir models in field dcvelopment
Appendix 1 SPE Nomenclature and Units
Units
SPE Symbols Standard
Symbols alphabetized by physical quantity
Subscripts alphabetized by physical quantity
Appendix 2 Solutions to Examples in Text