About the Authors |
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Preface |
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About the Companion Website |
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1.1 What is Petroleum Engineering? |
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1.1.1 Alternative Energy Opportunities |
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3 | (1) |
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1.1.3 Production Performance Ratios |
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4 | (1) |
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1.1.4 Classification of Oil and Gas |
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1.2 Life Cycle of a Reservoir |
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1.3.1 Recovery Efficiency |
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14 | (1) |
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1.4.2 How Does Oil Price Affect Oil Recovery? |
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14 | (1) |
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1.4.3 How High Can Oil Prices Go? |
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1.5 Petroleum and the Environment |
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1.5.1 Anthropogenic Climate Change |
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1.5.2 Environmental Issues |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (3) |
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2.1 Global Oil and Gas Production and Consumption |
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2.2 Resources and Reserves |
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24 | (5) |
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2.3 Oil and Gas Resources |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Tight Gas Sands, Shale Gas, and Shale Oil |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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2.4 Global Distribution of Oil and Gas Reserves |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (3) |
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2.5.1 World Oil Production Rate Peak |
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37 | (1) |
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2.5.2 World Per Capita Oil Production Rate Peak |
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37 | (2) |
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2.6 Future Energy Options |
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39 | (3) |
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2.6.1 Goldilocks Policy for Energy Transition |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (3) |
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42 | (1) |
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3 Properties of Reservoir Fluids |
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45 | (22) |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (4) |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (5) |
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3.7 Sources of Fluid Data |
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3.7.1 Constant Composition Expansion |
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61 | (1) |
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3.7.2 Differential Liberation |
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3.8 Applications of Fluid Properties |
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64 | (3) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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4 Properties of Reservoir Rock |
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67 | (4) |
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4.1.1 Compressibility of Pore Volume |
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70 | (1) |
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4.1.3 Volumetric Analysis |
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4.2.1 Pressure Dependence of Permeability |
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4.2.2 Superficial Velocity and Interstitial Velocity |
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74 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Radial Flow of Liquids |
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74 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Radial Flow of Gases |
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4.3 Reservoir Heterogeneity and Permeability |
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76 | (3) |
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4.3.1 Parallel Configuration |
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76 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Series Configuration |
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76 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Dykstra--Parsons Coefficient |
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77 | (2) |
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4.4 Directional Permeability |
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80 | (3) |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (18) |
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5.1 Interfacial Tension, Wettability, and Capillary Pressure |
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83 | (3) |
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5.2 Fluid Distribution and Capillary Pressure |
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86 | (2) |
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5.3 Relative Permeability |
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88 | (2) |
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5.4 Mobility and Fractional Flow |
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90 | (1) |
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5.5 One-dimensional Water-oil Displacement |
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91 | (4) |
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97 | (4) |
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6.1 Geologic History of the Earth |
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101 | (6) |
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6.1.1 Formation of the Rocky Mountains |
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107 | (4) |
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108 | (3) |
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6.3 Sedimentary Basins and Traps |
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111 | (1) |
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6.4 What Do You Need to form a Hydrocarbon Reservoir? |
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112 | (1) |
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6.5 Volumetric Analysis, Recovery Factor, and EUR |
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113 | (2) |
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6.5.1 Volumetric Oil in Place |
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114 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Volumetric Gas in Place |
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114 | (1) |
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6.5.3 Recovery Factor and Estimated Ultimate Recovery |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (4) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (18) |
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119 | (5) |
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7.1.1 Earthquake Magnitude |
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122 | (2) |
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7.2 Acoustic Impedance and Reflection Coefficients |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (3) |
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7.3.1 Vertical Resolution |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Exploration Geophysics and Reservoir Geophysics |
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128 | (1) |
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7.4 Seismic Data Acquisition, Processing, and Interpretation |
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129 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Data Interpretation |
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138 | (11) |
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8.2.4 Drill String and Bits |
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143 | (3) |
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146 | (2) |
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8.2.6 Well Control System |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (6) |
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8.3.5 Setting Production Casing |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (3) |
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8.4.1 Well Spacing and Infill Drilling |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (2) |
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8.4.3 Extended Reach Drilling |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (3) |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (24) |
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161 | (3) |
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9.1.1 Wellbore and Formation |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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9.1.3 Depth of Investigation |
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164 | (3) |
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164 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Spontaneous Potential Logs |
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9.5.2 Spectral Gamma-Ray Logs |
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9.6 Log Calibration with Formation Samples |
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176 | (1) |
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9.7 Measurement While Drilling and Logging While Drilling |
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176 | (1) |
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9.8 Reservoir Characterization Issues |
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177 | (5) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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9.8.4 Continuity of Formations between Wells |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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9.8.6 Scales of Reservoir Information |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (3) |
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185 | (20) |
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186 | (2) |
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10.2 Production Casing and Liners |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (1) |
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10.5 Hydraulic Fracturing |
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193 | (9) |
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201 | (1) |
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10.6 Wellbore and Surface Hardware |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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205 | (22) |
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11.2 Flash Calculation for Separators |
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208 | (3) |
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11.3 Pressure Rating for Separators |
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211 | (2) |
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11.4 Single-Phase Flow in Pipe |
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213 | (3) |
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11.5 Multiphase Flow in Pipe |
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216 | (2) |
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11.5.1 Modeling Multiphase Flow in Pipes |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (3) |
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11.6.1 Intelligent Wells and Intelligent Fields |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (3) |
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11.8 Urban Operations: The Barnett Shale |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (2) |
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12 Transient Well Testing |
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12.1 Pressure Transient Testing |
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227 | (2) |
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228 | (1) |
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12.1.2 Types of Pressure Transient Tests |
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12.2 Oil Well Pressure Transient Testing |
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12.2.1 Pressure Buildup Test |
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232 | (3) |
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12.2.2 Interpreting Pressure Transient Tests |
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235 | (2) |
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12.2.3 Radius of Investigation of a Liquid Well |
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237 | (1) |
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12.3 Gas Well Pressure Transient Testing |
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237 | (5) |
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12.3.1 Diffusivity Equation |
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238 | (1) |
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12.3.2 Pressure Buildup Test in a Gas Well |
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238 | (1) |
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12.3.3 Radius of Investigation |
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239 | (1) |
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12.3.4 Pressure Drawdown Test and the Reservoir Limit Test |
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240 | (1) |
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12.3.5 Rate Transient Analysis |
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12.4 Gas Well Deliverability |
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242 | (4) |
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12.5 Summary of Transient Well Testing |
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13 Production Performance |
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249 | (22) |
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13.1 Field Performance Data |
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249 | (2) |
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13.2 Decline Curve Analysis |
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251 | (3) |
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13.2.1 Alternative DCA Models |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (2) |
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13.4 Oil Reservoir Material Balance |
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256 | (5) |
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13.4.1 Undersaturated Oil Reservoir with Water Influx |
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257 | (1) |
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13.4.2 Schilthuis Material Balance Equation |
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258 | (3) |
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13.5 Gas Reservoir Material Balance |
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261 | (2) |
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13.5.1 Depletion Drive Gas Reservoir |
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262 | (1) |
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13.6 Depletion Drive Mechanisms and Recovery Efficiencies |
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263 | (3) |
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13.7 Inflow Performance Relationships |
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267 | (4) |
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268 | (3) |
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271 | (20) |
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14.1 Reservoir Flow Simulators |
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271 | (3) |
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272 | (1) |
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14.1.2 Reservoir Characterization Using Flow Units |
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272 | (2) |
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14.2 Reservoir Flow Modeling Workflows |
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274 | (2) |
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14.3 Performance of Conventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs |
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276 | (4) |
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14.3.1 Wilmington Field, California: Immiscible Displacement by Water Flooding |
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14.3.2 Prudhoe Bay Field, Alaska: Water Flood, Gas Cycling, and Miscible Gas Injection |
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278 | (2) |
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14.4 Performance of an Unconventional Reservoir |
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280 | (5) |
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14.4.1 Barnett Shale, Texas: Shale Gas Production |
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280 | (5) |
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14.5 Performance of Geothermal Reservoirs |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (4) |
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288 | (3) |
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15 Midstream and Downstream Operations |
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291 | (22) |
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15.1 The Midstream Sector |
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291 | (3) |
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15.2 The Downstream Sector: Refineries |
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294 | (6) |
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295 | (4) |
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299 | (1) |
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300 | (1) |
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15.2.4 Refinery Maintenance |
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300 | (1) |
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15.3 The Downstream Sector: Natural Gas Processing Plants |
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300 | (1) |
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15.4 Sakhalin-2 Project, Sakhalin Island, Russia |
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301 | (9) |
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15.4.1 History of Sakhalin Island |
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302 | (4) |
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15.4.2 The Sakhalin-2 Project |
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306 | (4) |
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310 | (3) |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
Appendix Unit Conversion Factors |
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313 | (4) |
References |
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Index |
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