[PDF] Reservoir Exploration And Appraisal eBook

Author : Luiz Amado
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,69 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781856178532

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The exploration and appraisal of new reserves is the key for long term survival for a petroleum and natural gas companies. If done correctly, it will result in a windfall for the company but if done incorrectly or haphazardly, it will result in financial disaster. However, applying the concepts involved is a difficult and challenging task. Surveys must be analysed, leases and licenses acquired, and surveying done before an appraisal well is drilled and a reservoir model constructed. All this activity can easily run into $100 of millions of dollars before onebarrel of oil reaches the surface. Written by a senior reservoir engineer with over 15 years of experience, evaluating fields in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South America and West Africa, Reservoir Exploration and Appraisal is one of the first books to provide reservoir engineers with an “insider's” approach to the important workflow solutions needed to save time, capital, and human recourses during reservoir exploration and appraisal operations. In this book, the author provides expert workflow solutions for critical subjects such as Lease Sales, Bid Rounds, Farm-in/Farm-out analysis, and Exploration and Appraisal phases of pre -FID (final investment decision) projects in general. Amado provides the readers with guidance, workflow, and practical recommendations to solve this problem. Sharpen the skills needed for the exploration and appraisal of new reservoirs An "Insider's" approach to important workflow solutions Learn how to build internal development plans and production functions Provides the knowledge to run quick and simple evaluations using a minimal set of data

Author : Frank Jahn
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 1998-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080551459

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This book on hydrocarbon exploration and production is the first volume in the series Developments in Petroleum Science. The chapters are: The Field Life Cycle, Exploration, Drilling Engineering, Safety and The Environment, Reservoir Description, Volumetric Estimation, Field Appraisal, Reservoir Dynamic Behaviour, Well Dynamic Behaviour, Surface Facilities, Production Operations and Maintenance, Project and Contract Management, Petroleum Economics, Managing the Producing Field, and Decommissioning.

Author : Tarek Al-Arbi Omar Ganat
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 13,63 MB
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3030452506

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This book presents detailed explanations of how to formulate field development plans for oil and gas discovery. The data and case studies provided here, obtained from the authors’ field experience in the oil and gas industry around the globe, offer a real-world context for the theories and procedures discussed. The book covers all aspects of field development plan processes, from reserve estimations to economic analyses. It shows readers in both the oil and gas industry and in academia how to prepare field development plans in a straightforward way, and with substantially less uncertainty.

Author : David H. Johnston
Publisher : SEG Books
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 1560802162

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The reservoir-engineering tutorial discusses issues and data critically important engineers. The geophysics tutorial has explanations of the tools and data in case studies. Then each chapter focuses on a phase of field life: exploration appraisal, development planning, and production optimization. The last chapter explores emerging technologies.

Author : Richard Wheaton
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 11,62 MB
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0081019009

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Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering introduces early career reservoir engineers and those in other oil and gas disciplines to the fundamentals of reservoir engineering. Given that modern reservoir engineering is largely centered on numerical computer simulation and that reservoir engineers in the industry will likely spend much of their professional career building and running such simulators, the book aims to encourage the use of simulated models in an appropriate way and exercising good engineering judgment to start the process for any field by using all available methods, both modern simulators and simple numerical models, to gain an understanding of the basic 'dynamics' of the reservoir –namely what are the major factors that will determine its performance. With the valuable addition of questions and exercises, including online spreadsheets to utilize day-to-day application and bring together the basics of reservoir engineering, coupled with petroleum economics and appraisal and development optimization, Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering will be an invaluable reference to the industry professional who wishes to understand how reservoirs fundamentally work and to how a reservoir engineer starts the performance process. Covers reservoir appraisal, economics, development planning, and optimization to assist reservoir engineers in their decision-making. Provides appendices on enhanced oil recovery, gas well testing, basic fluid thermodynamics, and mathematical operators to enhance comprehension of the book’s main topics. Offers online spreadsheets covering well test analysis, material balance, field aggregation and economic indicators to help today’s engineer apply reservoir concepts to practical field data applications. Includes coverage on unconventional resources and heavy oil making it relevant for today’s worldwide reservoir activity.

Author : Harry Dembicki
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128033517

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Practical Petroleum Geochemistry for Exploration and Production provides readers with a single reference that addresses the principle concepts and applications of petroleum geochemistry used in finding, evaluating, and producing petroleum deposits. Today, there are few reference books available on how petroleum geochemistry is applied in exploration and production written specifically for geologists, geophysicists, and petroleum engineers. This book fills that void and is based on training courses that the author has developed over his 37-year career in hydrocarbon exploration and production. Specific topical features include the origin of petroleum, deposition of source rock, hydrocarbon generation, and oil and gas migrations that lead to petroleum accumulations. Also included are descriptions on how these concepts are applied to source rock evaluation, oil-to-oil, and oil-to-source rock correlations, and ways of interpreting natural gas data in exploration work. Finally, a thorough description on the ways petroleum geochemistry can assist in development and production work, including reservoir continuity, production allocation, and EOR monitoring is presented. Authored by an expert in petroleum geochemistry, this book is the ideal reference for any geoscientist looking for exploration and production content based on extensive field-based research and expertise. Emphasizes the practical application of geochemistry in solving exploration and production problems Features more than 200 illustrations, tables, and diagrams to underscore key concepts Authored by an expert geochemist that has nearly 40 years of experience in field-based research, applications, and instruction Serves as a refresher reference for geochemistry specialists and non-specialists alike

Author : Mohammed Said Benzagouta
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 2013-03-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780123869296

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Even now, companies are scrambling to fill critical positions, with many paying exorbitant salaries to lure highly skilled employees away from rival firms, disciplines, and delaying retirement or rehiring retired employees. Far more than an introduction to petroleum engineering, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production offers an easy to understand, plan language guide to a range of critical, inter-related topics such as: exploration, drilling engineering, safety and the environment, reservoir description and dynamic behaviour and field appraisal. In this book, engineers new to the petroleum industry learn to deal with uncertainties, risk management, business practices and project management through real world case studies and lessons learned. Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production is designed to be far more than an introduction to petroleum engineering but a practical guide for anyone who wishes to attain a comprehensive overview of the exploration and production process. The book describes the petroleum value chain from prospect identification, to project commissioning and to final abandonment. With this book in hand, readers gain a firm understanding of the petroleum industry along with the tools necessary to understand the relationships and dependencies across the E&P industry. Based the exploration and production operations process, the book starts with a clear and rigorous exposition of the field life cycle followed by self contained chapters concerning drilling, safety and the environment, reservoir description, field appraisal, project and contract management and petroleum economics. The also includes a series of technological platforms aimed at transforming gas into liquid hydrocarbons at the wellhead, linking upstream to downstream. Topics in this book include: The Field Life Cycle, Exploration, Drilling Engineering, Safety and The Environment, Reservoir Description, Volumetric Estimation, Field Appraisal, Reservoir Dynamic Behaviour, Well Dynamic Behaviour, Surface Facilities, Production Operations and Maintenance, Project and Contract Management, Petroleum Economics, Managing the Producing Field, and Decommissioning. Exploration/production overview Basic petroleum geology principles Basic petroleum geophysics principles Log interpretation basics Drilling basics Basic reservoir engineering Basic production engineering Basic facilities engineering Business principles governing E/P

Author : Ksenia I. Bagrintseva
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 2015-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 1119083982

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Most of the world’s energy still comes from fossil fuels, and there are still many strides being made in the efficiency and cost effectiveness of extracting these important and increasingly more elusive natural resources. This is only possible if the nature of the emergence, evolution, and parameter estimation of high grade reservoir rocks at great depths is known and a theory of their forecast is developed. Over 60 percent of world oil production is currently associated with carbonate reservoir rocks. The exploration, appraisal and development of these fields are significantly complicated by a number of factors. These factors include the structural complexity of the carbonate complexes, variability of the reservoir rock types and properties within a particular deposit, many unknowns in the evaluation of fracturing and its spatial variability, and the preservation of the reservoir rock qualities with depth. The main objective of most studies is discovering patterns in the reservoir rock property changes of carbonate deposits of different genesis, composition and age. A short list of the unsolved issues includes: the role of facies environment in the carbonate formation; the major geologic factors affecting the formation of high-capacity reservoir rocks and preservation of their properties; recommendations as to the use of the new techniques in studies of the structural parameters; and establishing a correlation between the major evaluation parameters. The focus of this volume is to show the scientific and engineering community a revolutionary process. The author perfected an earlier developed methodology in studies of the void space structure (Bagrintseva’s method, 1982). This methodology is based on carbonate rock saturation with luminophore and on special techniques in processing of photographs made under UV light. The luminophore technique was combined with the raster electron microscopy and its variation, the studies under the cathode luminescence regime. This combination enabled a more detailed study of the reservoir void space, the nonuniformity in the open fracture evolution, their morphology, length and variability of openness. Over recent years these techniques have found wide application. Useful for the veteran engineer or scientist and the student alike, this book is a must-have for any geologist, engineer, or student working in the field of upstream petroleum engineering.

Author : A. K. Moitra
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0128239999

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Innovative Exploration Methods for Mineral, Oil, Gas, and Groundwater for Sustainable Development provides an integrated approach to exploration encompassing geology, geophysics, mining, and mineral processing. In addition, groundwater exploration is included, as it is central to the development of earth resources. As the demand for coal, minerals, oil and gas, and water continues to grow globally, researchers must prioritize sustainable exploration methods. Old technologies are being replaced speedily and exploration work has become fast, focused, meaningful, and readily reproducible keeping in pace with the changing global scenario. The themes of exploration of energy resources, exploration of minerals, groundwater exploration and processing and mineral engineering are separated out into sections and chapters included in these sections include case studies focusing on tools and techniques for exploration. Innovative Exploration Methods for Mineral, Oil, Gas, and Groundwater for Sustainable Development gives insight to modern concepts of exploration for those working in the various fields of energy, mineral, and groundwater exploration. Presents innovative research that will both challenge and complement the traditional concepts of exploration Covers a wide range of instruments and their applications, as well as the tools and processes that need to be followed for modern exploration work Includes research on groundwater exploration with a focus on conservation and sustainable exploration and development