Unsteady-state fluid flow
Subtitle: analysis and applications to petroleum reservoir behavior
By: by E.J. Hoffman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: Unsteady flow (Fluid dynamics); Petroleum reserves -- Mathematical models.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I. Reservoir Characteristics; title: Chapter 1. PETROLEUM RESERVES AND THEIR ESTIMATION; title: 1.1 Characterization by Unsteady-State Behavior; title: 1.2 Origins of Petroleum; title: 1.3 Techniques for Estimating Reserves; title: 1.4 Reservoirs and Geologic Provinces; title: 2. PRESSURE/PRODUCTION BEHAVIOR PATTERNS; title: 2.1 Liquids versus Gases; title: 2.2 Maintenance of Production; title: 2.3 Reservoir Pressures; title: 2.4 Reserves and Depletion Times; title: 3. PRESSURE/PRODUCTION DECLINE CORRELATIONS; title: 3.1 Reservoir P-V-T Behavior; title: 3.2 Geometric Production Decline; title: 3.3 Production-Time Decline; title: 3.4 Production Loss Ratio; title: 3.5 Pressure Decline; title: PART II. The Representation of Flow Through Porous Media; title: 4. CONCEPTS OF FLOW; title: 4.1 Unsteady-State Flow and Compressibility; title: 4.2 Flow Systems and Dissipative Effects; title: 4.3 Darcy's Law; title: 5. THE CLASSIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR FLOW; title: THROUGH POROUS MEDIA; title: 5.1 Continuity Equation; title: 5.2 Steady-State Solutions; title: 5.3 Analytic Solutions for Unsteady-State Flow; title: 5.4 Computer Solutions; title: 6. INTEGRAL FORMS FOR DESCRIBING UNSTEADY-STATE; title: FLOW; title: 6.1 Volume and Surface Integrals; title: 6.2 The Depletion Problem; title: 6.3 Permeability Form; title: 6.4 Production Period; title: 6.5 Prediction of Production; title: 6.6 Repressurization; title: 7. TWO-PHASE AND MULTIPHASE FLOW: GAS, OIL, AND; title: WATER; title: 7.1 Concurrent Two-Phase Flow; title: 7.2 Multiphase Flow; title: 7.3 Immiscible and (Partially) Miscible Drives; title: 7.4 Enhanced Oil Recovery; title: PART III. Reduction to Practice; title: 8. STEADY-STATE: PRODUCTIVITY TESTS; title: 8.1 Determination of Producing Radius; title: 8.2 Productivity Index; title: 8.3 Back-Pressure Tests; title: 8.4 Departure from Ideal Behavior; title: 9. AN EVALUATION OF UNSTEADY-STATE SOLUTIONS FOR; title: DRAWDOWN AND TRANSITION; title: 9.1 Summary Statement; title: 9.2 Unsteady-State Solutions for Drawdown; title: 9.3 Experimental Comparisons; title: 10. GASEOUS UNSTEADY-STATE RADIAL FLOW BEHAVIOR; title: FROM THE CALCULATED RESULTS OF BRUCE ET AL,; title: 10.1 Overview; title: 10.2 Detailing and Analysis of the Results of Bruce et al.; title: 10.3 Closed versus Open Systems; title: 10.4 Determination of Reservoir Extent and Permeability; title: 10.5 Back-Pressure Correlation; title: 10.6 Transitional Behavior; title: 11. A CRITIQUE OF BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, DEGREES OF; title: FREEDOM AND DARCY'S LAW; title: 11.1 Problem and Expediencies; title: 11.2 Pressure Gradient at the closed Boundary; title: 11.3 Degrees of Freedom; title: 11.4 Darcy's Law in Radial Flow; title: 11.5 Systems in Chaos; title: 11.6 Steady-State Profiles; title: 12. THE RESULTS OF BRUCE ET AL. IN TERMS OF INTEGRAL; title: FORMS; title: 12.1 Review of the Derived Relationships and Correlations; title: 12.2 Relation to the Results of Bruce et al.; title: 13. THE COMPUTATION OF RESERVES AND PERMEABILITY; title: FROM STABILIZED FLOW-TEST INFORMATION (Back-; title: Pressure Tests); title: 13.1 Reserves and Permeability Calculations; title: 13.2 Computer Applications; title: PART IV. The use of Steady-State Profiles for Unsteady-State Flow; title: 14, APPROXIMATE SOLUTIONS DURING DRAWDOWN AND; title: LONG-TERM DEPLETION; title: 14.1 Compressible Liquids; title: 14.2 Compressible Gases; title: 14.3 Transition (or Stabilization) between Drawdown and; title: Long-Term Depletion; title: 14.4 Estimation of Reservoir Extent and Reserves; title: 15. REPRESENTATION OF WATER DRIVES; title: 15.1 Infinite Reservoirs (with Drive); title: 15.2 Finite Reservoirs (with Drive); title: 15.3 Gaseous Flow and Displacement; title: 15.4 Field Histories; title: 16. PRODUCTION-DECLINE BEHAVIOR; title: 16.1 Effect of Flow up through the Well Tubing; title: 16.2 Decline of Production Rate; title: AFTERWORD; title: GLOSSARY; title: SYMBOLS; title: INDEX.