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Introduction to petroleum reservoir analysis and laboratory workbook
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 3 (1990) 361
361
Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., A m s t e r d a m - - P r i n t e d in T h e N e t h e r l a n d s
Book Review
Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Analysis and Laboratory Workbook, by L.F. Koederitz, A.H. Harvey and M.M. Honarpour. Gulf Publishing Compony, 1989. This book and Laboratory Workbook are intended primarily as texts for students of engineering and geology who have an introductory knowledge of reservoir engineering. They are written as texts to bridge the gap between elementary and advanced reservoir engineering concepts. The text may be used for a first course in reservoir engineering, and the laboratory workbook (available separately) can serve as a guide for an undergraduate petroleum engineering laboratory course on rock and fluid property measurements. The authors are petroleum engineers with extensive experience in field operations, research, and teaching. Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Analysis consists of eleven chapters. Chapter 1 introduces systems of units and provides example calculations for conversions of systems. Chapters 2 through 4 describe rock, fluid, and rock-fluid properties in an applied from. Chapters 5 through 8 describe and illustrate oil-in-place calculations, production performance, and drive mechanisms, in both fractured and nonfractured reservoirs, and provide discussion on predictive models for oil and gas recovery. Chapter 9 discusses the analysis of well performance and describes various tests for well characterization. Chapter 10 de-
scribes gas-condensate reservoirs. Chapter 11 discusses various enhanced oil recovery processes. The Laboratory Workbook (available separately) describes tests that are commonly performed for reservoir evaluation. The Workbook can serve as a guide for understanding how experimentalists obtain various petroleum engineering parameters and provides some of the advantages and disadvantages of various methods for obtaining rock, fluid, and rock-fluid properties. The Laboratory Workbook is an excellent laboratory manual for engineering students. Although many complex concepts are discussed in these books, the style is very readable and concise. An ample number of illustrations further clarify each concept. The books are written in a language that both engineers and geologists can understand. An instructor's answer book is available for problems where solutions are not presented. Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Analysis and the accompanying Laboratory Workbook are highly recommended for engineering students as a first course in reservoir engineering. The books are also very useful to geologists and geological engineers as an introduction to reservoir engineering concepts and practices.
George V. Chilingarian (Los Angeles, Calif. )
361
Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., A m s t e r d a m - - P r i n t e d in T h e N e t h e r l a n d s
Book Review
Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Analysis and Laboratory Workbook, by L.F. Koederitz, A.H. Harvey and M.M. Honarpour. Gulf Publishing Compony, 1989. This book and Laboratory Workbook are intended primarily as texts for students of engineering and geology who have an introductory knowledge of reservoir engineering. They are written as texts to bridge the gap between elementary and advanced reservoir engineering concepts. The text may be used for a first course in reservoir engineering, and the laboratory workbook (available separately) can serve as a guide for an undergraduate petroleum engineering laboratory course on rock and fluid property measurements. The authors are petroleum engineers with extensive experience in field operations, research, and teaching. Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Analysis consists of eleven chapters. Chapter 1 introduces systems of units and provides example calculations for conversions of systems. Chapters 2 through 4 describe rock, fluid, and rock-fluid properties in an applied from. Chapters 5 through 8 describe and illustrate oil-in-place calculations, production performance, and drive mechanisms, in both fractured and nonfractured reservoirs, and provide discussion on predictive models for oil and gas recovery. Chapter 9 discusses the analysis of well performance and describes various tests for well characterization. Chapter 10 de-
scribes gas-condensate reservoirs. Chapter 11 discusses various enhanced oil recovery processes. The Laboratory Workbook (available separately) describes tests that are commonly performed for reservoir evaluation. The Workbook can serve as a guide for understanding how experimentalists obtain various petroleum engineering parameters and provides some of the advantages and disadvantages of various methods for obtaining rock, fluid, and rock-fluid properties. The Laboratory Workbook is an excellent laboratory manual for engineering students. Although many complex concepts are discussed in these books, the style is very readable and concise. An ample number of illustrations further clarify each concept. The books are written in a language that both engineers and geologists can understand. An instructor's answer book is available for problems where solutions are not presented. Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Analysis and the accompanying Laboratory Workbook are highly recommended for engineering students as a first course in reservoir engineering. The books are also very useful to geologists and geological engineers as an introduction to reservoir engineering concepts and practices.
George V. Chilingarian (Los Angeles, Calif. )