Zimmerman Robert Wayne. Fluid flow in porous media. The Imperial College lectures in petroleum engineering Vol. 5

Imperial College London, UK—World Scientific, 2018 —218 p. — ISBN: 9781786344991.Description: This book presents, in a self-contained form, the equations of fluid flow in porous media, with a focus on topics and issues that are relevant to petroleum reservoir engineering. No prior knowledge of the field is assumed on the part of the reader, and particular care is given to careful mathematical and conceptual development of the governing equations, and solutions for important reservoir flow problems. Fluid Flow in Porous Media starts with a discussion of permeability and Darcy's law, then moves on to a careful derivation of the pressure diffusion equation. Solutions are developed and discussed for flow to a vertical well in an infinite reservoir, in reservoirs containing faults, in bounded reservoirs, and to hydraulically fractured wells. Special topics such as the dual-porosity model for fractured reservoirs, and fluid flow in gas reservoirs, are also covered. The book includes twenty problems, along with detailed solutions.As part of the Imperial College Lectures in Petroleum Engineering, and based on a lecture series on the same topic, this book provides the introductory information needed for students of the petroleum engineering and hydrology.Pressure Diffusion Equation for Fluid Flow in Porous Rocks
Line Source Solution for a Vertical Well in an Infinite Reservoir
Superposition and Pressure Buildup Tests
Effect of Faults and Linear Boundaries
Wellbore Skin and Wellbore Storage
Production From Bounded Reservoirs
Laplace Transform Methods in Reservoir Engineering
Naturally-Fractured Reservoirs
Flow of Gases in Porous Media
Appendix: Solutions to Problems
Nomenclature List