Abdus Satter retired from Texaco in 1998 as a senior research consultant after 30 years of service, and he started his own company for engineering consulting and training services. Besides Texaco, he worked for Amoco Petroleum Company, Frank Cole Engineering and taught at the University of Western Ontario and Ahsanullah Engineering College in Bangladesh. He is an expert with 40+ years of experience in reservoir engineering, reservoir simulator development, applications, water flooding an enhanced oil recovery processes. He has taught many reservoir courses in the US and internationally and has authored four other books and many articles. Dr. Satter is a distinguished member of SPE, Legion of Honor and also a Life member. He holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dhaka, PE and MS degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a PhD in Engineering Science from the University of Oklahoma.
Reservoir Engineering focuses on the fundamental concepts related to the development of conventional and unconventional reservoirs and how these concepts are applied in the oil and gas industry to meet both economic and technical challenges. Written in easy to understand language, the book provides valuable information regarding present-day tools, techniques, and technologies and explains best practices on reservoir management and recovery approaches. Various reservoir workflow diagrams presented in the book provide a clear direction to meet the challenges of the profession. As most reservoir engineering decisions are based on reservoir simulation, a chapter is devoted to introduce the topic in lucid fashion. The addition of practical field case studies make Reservoir Engineering a valuable resource for reservoir engineers and other professionals in helping them implement a comprehensive plan to produce oil and gas based on reservoir modeling and economic analysis, execute a development plan, conduct reservoir surveillance on a continuous basis, evaluate reservoir performance, and apply corrective actions as necessary. - Connects key reservoir fundamentals to modern engineering applications- Bridges the conventional methods to the unconventional, showing the differences between the two processes- Offers field case studies and workflow diagrams to help the reservoir professional and student develop and sharpen management skills for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs
Elements of conventional and unconventional petroleum reservoirs
Abstract
It is important to have a clear understanding of the depositional environment and natural events that shape various characteristics of the petroleum reservoirs through geologic times. Sedimentary rock types, structural and stratigraphic characteristics, and reservoir heterogeneities including the presence of faults and fractures are directly influenced by various processes and events that occur in nature. An overview of petroleum reservoir rock types indicates that conventional reservoirs are mostly composed of sandstones and carbonate rocks. About 60% of the world’s production of oil and gas is based on carbonate rocks, while sandstone reservoirs account for about 30% of production. Worldwide occurrences of petroleum, combined with the temperature range of catagenesis as well as the geothermal gradient of sedimentary basins, suggest that there is an “oil window,” i.e., the depth range where the petroleum reservoirs are most likely to exist. This chapter also presents a comprehensive modeling study of the petroleum system in Alaska.
Keywords
Introduction
Reservoir rock types and production of petroleum
Origin of petroleum
Deposition of sediments and organic matters: the process begins
Table 2.1
Origin of sedimentary rocks [1]
Rock type | Sediment | Transport and accumulation | Notes |
Sandstone | Sand | Desert dunes – windblown sands (eolian), river channels (fluvial), low gradient stream valleys (alluvial), deltas, shorelines, and shallow seas | Light beige to tan in color; sometimes dark brown to rusty red. Composed of grains of quartz, feldspar, etc. and cemented by silica |
Conglomerate | Gravel | River channels, alluvial fans, and wind-swept coastlines | Grains of sandstone and conglomerate originate from pre-existing rocks and minerals |
Limestone (calcium carbonate) and dolomite (calcium–magnesium carbonate) | Shells, algae, and coral; precipitation of calcite | Warm shallow seas | Usually light to dark gray in color; exhibits fossil molds and casts; void spaces largely due to dissolution and vugs |
Chalk (calcium carbonate) | Produced by marine plankton | Deep seas | Fine textured |
Shale | Clay, silt | Lakes (lacustrine), tidal flats, river flood plains, deltas, and deep seas | Dark brown to black in color; sometimes dark green; composed of fine grains of clay and silt. Exhibits lamination in the horizontal direction |
Coal | Woody plant matter, peat | Swamps |
Chert (silicon dioxide) | Produced by marine plankton | Deep seas |
Rock salt | Salt | Lagoons or marginal seas |
The accumulation of sand, shale, silt, clay, and carbonates depends on the location, available energy, and other natural processes.
Types of sediments
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.9.2015 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Technik ► Bauwesen |
Technik ► Bergbau | |
Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
Wirtschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-12-800523-8 / 0128005238 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-12-800523-1 / 9780128005231 |
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