Rocks mechanics legend Erle Donaldson, along with colleagues Waqi Alam and Nasrin Begum from the oil and gas consultant company Tetrahedron, have authored this handbook on updated fundamentals and more recent technology used during a common hydraulic fracturing procedure. Meant for technical and non-technical professionals interested in the subject of hydraulic fracturing, the book provides a clear and simple explanation of the technology and related issues to promote the safe development of petroleum reserves leading to energy independence throughout the world.

Hydraulic Fracturing Explained: Evaluation, Implementation, and Challenges

Engineering & Transportation

Donaldson, Erle C.

Alam, Waqi

Begum, Nasrin

Engineering

Gulf Publishing Company

An in-depth study of the fundamental aspects of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), this book brings together detailed analyses of proven techniques. It begins with the current theories of the origin of oil and ends with a treatise on waterflooding which is the basis of the majority of EOR processes. Two and three-phase relative permeability relationships are discussed since they form the basis for fluid flow processes in porous media. The advent of EOR has increased the need for a better understanding of three-phase flow because this has become an integral part of carbon dioxide and steam injection, yet is an area of experimental study that has been seriously neglected. The book gives a complete review and theoretical analysis of two- and three-phase fluid flow, plus a basic introduction to single-well pressure transient testing which is essential to the evaluation of volume, intrinsic reservoir pressure, reservoir discontinuities, in situ permeability and many other data required for complete reservoir evaluation. A discussion of oilfield waters is followed closely by the chemical and physical properties of employing various current EOR techniques.

Enhanced Oil Recovery I: Fundamentals and Analyses (Developments in Petroleum Science)

Science & Math

Chilingarian, G.V.

Technology

Elsevier Science Ltd.

The petroleum geologist and engineer must have a working knowledge of petrophysics in order to find oil reservoirs, devise the best plan for getting it out of the ground, then start drilling. This book offers the engineer and geologist a manual to accomplish these goals, providing much-needed calculations and formulas on fluid flow, rock properties, and many other topics that are encountered every day. New updated material covers topics that have emerged in the petrochemical industry since 1997.

Petrophysics: Theory and Practice of Measuring Reservoir Rock and Fluid Transport Properties

Business & Money

Tiab Professor Emeritus H-Index 26, Djebbar

Economics

Gulf Professional Publishing

This work presents an analyses of the fluid transport properties of rocks and the rock-fluid interactions that influence the flow of fluids. It is designed to provide research and field engineers with the theories, mathematical concepts and methods for measuring and testing the properties of rocks and fluid flow. Intended for classroom use, each chapter includes examples and solutions, and the book concludes with appendices of laboratory experiments.

Petrophysics: Theory and Practice of Measuring Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties

Tiab, Djebbar

Gulf Pub. Co.

The wettability of oil reservoirs is the most important factor controlling the rate of oil recovery, providing a profound effect on petroleum production. The petroleum industry has increased the research effort on wettability, but, so far, there has never been a comprehensive book on the topic. This is the first book to go through all of the major research and applications on wettability, capillary pressure and improved recovery. Critical topics including core preservation, the effect of wettability on relative permeability, surface forces such as van der Waals equation of state, petroleum traps and pore size effects are all included in this musthave handbook. Deciphering the techniques and examples will increase the efficiency and production of oil recovery, translating to stronger reservoir simulations and improved well production.

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Rocks mechanics legend Erle Donaldson, along with colleagues Waqi Alam and Nasrin Begum from the oil and gas consultant company Tetrahedron, have authored this handbook on updated fundamentals and more recent technology used during a common hydraulic fracturing procedure. Meant for technical and non-technical professionals interested in the subject of hydraulic fracturing, the book provides a clear and simple explanation of the technology and related issues to promote the safe development of petroleum reserves leading to energy independence throughout the world.

Hydraulic Fracturing Explained: Evaluation, Implementation, and Challenges (Gulf Drilling)

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