Working Guide to Reservoir Rock Properties and Fluid Flow

by Tarek Ahmed

Overview

Working Guide to Reservoir Rock Properties and Fluid Flow provides an introduction to the properties of rocks and fluids that are essential in petroleum engineering. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 discusses the classification of reservoirs and reservoir fluids. Part 2 explains different rock properties, including porosity, saturation, wettability, surface and interfacial tension, permeability, and compressibility. Part 3 presents the mathematical relationships that describe the flow behavior of the reservoir fluids. The primary reservoir characteristics that must be considered include: types of fluids in the reservoir, flow regimes, reservoir geometry, and the number of flowing fluids in the reservoir. Each part concludes with sample problems to test readers knowledge of the topic covered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781856178259
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/16/2009
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

consulting firm that specializes in in-house petroleum engineering courses and consulting services worldwide. Prior to that, he was a Reservoir Engineering Advisor for Anadarko, Baker Hughes, and Gaffney, Cline and Associates and was a Professor and head of the Petroleum Engineering Department at Montana Tech of the University of Montana for 22 years. Dr. Ahmed has authored numerous papers and several successful books with Elsevier, including Advanced Reservoir Management and Engineering, 2nd Edition.

Table of Contents

Part One: Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow

Part Two: Fundamentals of Rock Properties

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Gain a critical understanding of fluid storage in reservoir rocks and in flow of fluids through the rock's pore structure