Unsteady-state fluid flow :analysis and applications to petroleum reservoir behavior
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Amsterdam ; New York
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Elsevier
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1999
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x, 473 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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by E.J. Hoffman
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Machine generated contents note: PART I. Reservoir Characteristics -- Chapter 1. PETROLEUM RESERVES AND THEIR ESTIMATION -- 1.1 Characterization by Unsteady-State Behavior -- 1.2 Origins of Petroleum -- 1.3 Techniques for Estimating Reserves -- 1.4 Reservoirs and Geologic Provinces -- 2. PRESSURE/PRODUCTION BEHAVIOR PATTERNS -- 2.1 Liquids versus Gases -- 2.2 Maintenance of Production -- 2.3 Reservoir Pressures -- 2.4 Reserves and Depletion Times -- 3. PRESSURE/PRODUCTION DECLINE CORRELATIONS -- 3.1 Reservoir P-V-T Behavior -- 3.2 Geometric Production Decline -- 3.3 Production-Time Decline -- 3.4 Production Loss Ratio -- 3.5 Pressure Decline -- PART II. The Representation of Flow Through Porous Media -- 4. CONCEPTS OF FLOW -- 4.1 Unsteady-State Flow and Compressibility -- 4.2 Flow Systems and Dissipative Effects -- 4.3 Darcy's Law -- 5. THE CLASSIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR FLOW -- THROUGH POROUS MEDIA -- 5.1 Continuity Equation -- 5.2 Steady-State Solutions -- 5.3 Analytic Solutions for Unsteady-State Flow -- 5.4 Computer Solutions -- 6. INTEGRAL FORMS FOR DESCRIBING UNSTEADY-STATE -- FLOW -- 6.1 Volume and Surface Integrals -- 6.2 The Depletion Problem -- 6.3 Permeability Form -- 6.4 Production Period -- 6.5 Prediction of Production -- 6.6 Repressurization -- 7. TWO-PHASE AND MULTIPHASE FLOW: GAS, OIL, AND -- WATER -- 7.1 Concurrent Two-Phase Flow -- 7.2 Multiphase Flow -- 7.3 Immiscible and )Partially( Miscible Drives -- 7.4 Enhanced Oil Recovery -- PART III. Reduction to Practice -- 8. STEADY-STATE: PRODUCTIVITY TESTS -- 8.1 Determination of Producing Radius -- 8.2 Productivity Index -- 8.3 Back-Pressure Tests -- 8.4 Departure from Ideal Behavior -- 9. AN EVALUATION OF UNSTEADY-STATE SOLUTIONS FOR -- DRAWDOWN AND TRANSITION -- 9.1 Summary Statement -- 9.2 Unsteady-State Solutions for Drawdown -- 9.3 Experimental Comparisons -- 01. GASEOUS UNSTEADY-STATE RADIAL FLOW BEHAVIOR -- FROM THE CALCULATED RESULTS OF BRUCE ET AL, -- 01.1 Overview -- 01.2 Detailing and Analysis of the Results of Bruce et al. -- 01.3 Closed versus Open Systems -- 01.4 Determination of Reservoir Extent and Permeability -- 01.5 Back-Pressure Correlation -- 01.6 Transitional Behavior -- 11. A CRITIQUE OF BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, DEGREES OF -- FREEDOM AND DARCY'S LAW -- 11.1 Problem and Expediencies -- 11.2 Pressure Gradient at the closed Boundary -- 11.3 Degrees of Freedom -- 11.4 Darcy's Law in Radial Flow -- 11.5 Systems in Chaos -- 11.6 Steady-State Profiles -- 21. THE RESULTS OF BRUCE ET AL. IN TERMS OF INTEGRAL -- FORMS -- 21.1 Review of the Derived Relationships and Correlations -- 21.2 Relation to the Results of Bruce et al. -- 31. THE COMPUTATION OF RESERVES AND PERMEABILITY -- FROM STABILIZED FLOW-TEST INFORMATION )Back- -- Pressure Tests( -- 31.1 Reserves and Permeability Calculations -- 31.2 Computer Applications -- PART IV. The use of Steady-State Profiles for Unsteady-State Flow -- 41, APPROXIMATE SOLUTIONS DURING DRAWDOWN AND -- LONG-TERM DEPLETION -- 41.1 Compressible Liquids -- 41.2 Compressible Gases -- 41.3 Transition )or Stabilization( between Drawdown and -- Long-Term Depletion -- 41.4 Estimation of Reservoir Extent and Reserves -- 51. REPRESENTATION OF WATER DRIVES -- 51.1 Infinite Reservoirs )with Drive( -- 51.2 Finite Reservoirs )with Drive( -- 51.3 Gaseous Flow and Displacement -- 51.4 Field Histories -- 61. PRODUCTION-DECLINE BEHAVIOR -- 61.1 Effect of Flow up through the Well Tubing -- 61.2 Decline of Production Rate -- AFTERWORD -- GLOSSARY -- SYMBOLS -- INDEX