Tight oil reservoirs : characterization, modeling, and field development /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Gulf Professional Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2023]
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Colección: | Unconventional reservoir engineering series
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Tight Oil Reservoirs: Characterization, Modeling, and Field Development
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the author
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- References
- Chapter 2: Classification of unconventional reservoirs
- 2.1. Reservoir classification strategy
- 2.2. Classification of petroleum systems
- 2.2.1. Classification of conventional petroleum reservoirs
- 2.2.1.1. Classification on the basis of storage and flow characteristics of the reservoir
- 2.2.1.2. Classification on the basis of reservoir geometry
- 2.2.2. Classification of unconventional petroleum reservoirs
- 2.2.2.1. Tight oil reservoirs
- 2.2.2.2. Tight gas reservoirs
- 2.2.2.3. Deep and ultra-deep gas reservoirs
- 2.2.2.4. Shale gas reservoirs
- 2.2.2.5. Gas hydrate reservoirs (GHRs)
- 2.2.2.6. Heavy and extra heavy oil reservoirs
- 2.2.2.7. Coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs
- 2.3. What makes reservoirs unconventional
- 2.4. Classification of tight unconventional reservoirs
- References
- Chapter 3: Geology of tight unconventional oil reservoirs
- 3.1. Petroleum geology of tight unconventional reservoirs
- 3.1.1. Geological generation of unconventional hydrocarbon resources
- 3.1.2. Sedimentation environment of tight UCRs
- 3.2. Geological aspects of shale and tight plays
- 3.3. Source and near-source rock-type unconventional reservoirs
- References
- Chapter 4: Formation evaluation of tight unconventional reservoirs
- 4.1. Tight unconventional reservoir production background
- 4.2. Formation evaluation: Conventional versus unconventional reservoirs
- 4.3. Formation evaluation of conventional reservoirs
- 4.4. Formation evaluation of unconventional reservoirs
- 4.4.1. Unconventional reservoir concept
- 4.4.2. Importance of unconventional reservoirs.
- 4.4.3. Challenges in formation evaluation of unconventional reservoirs
- 4.4.4. Typical tight UCR formation evaluation steps
- 4.4.5. Assessing tight unconventional reservoirs
- 4.4.6. Hydrocarbon-in-place assessment
- 4.4.7. Reservoir performance assessment
- 4.5. Assessment case study # 1
- 4.6. Assessment case study # 2
- 4.7. Data source and valuation
- 4.7.1. Petrophysical assessment
- 4.7.1.1. Lithology
- 4.7.1.2. Bulk density
- 4.7.1.3. Porosity
- 4.7.1.4. Permeability
- 4.7.1.5. Resistivity
- 4.7.1.6. Water saturation
- 4.7.2. Geochemical assessment
- 4.7.2.1. Vitrinite reflectance
- 4.7.2.2. Types and maturity of the organic matter
- 4.7.2.3. Total organic carbon (TOC)
- 4.7.2.4. Mineral content
- 4.7.2.5. Gas content
- 4.7.3. Geomechanical evaluation
- 4.7.3.1. Poisson's ratio
- 4.7.4. Shear modulus
- 4.7.4.1. Young's modulus
- 4.7.4.2. Stress intensity factor
- 4.7.4.3. Formation stress
- 4.8. Role of macro-, micro-, and nanoscale assessment of tight unconventional reservoirs
- 4.8.1. Mercury intrusion capillary pressure (MICP)
- 4.8.1.1. Example of the use of MICP
- 4.8.2. Gas adsorption method
- 4.8.2.1. Example of the gas adsorption
- 4.8.3. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- 4.9. Static modeling role in formation evaluation of unconventional reservoirs
- 4.9.1. Reservoir-scale model
- 4.9.2. Basin-scale model
- 4.9.2.1. Case study
- 4.9.3. Burial history model
- 4.10. Hydrocarbon enrichment spot identification
- References
- Chapter 5: Reservoir characterization of tight unconventional reservoirs
- 5.1. Reservoir description
- 5.1.1. Conventional reservoir description
- 5.1.2. Differences between conventional and unconventional reservoirs
- 5.1.3. Source-reservoir characteristics
- 5.1.4. Migration and accumulation characteristics
- 5.1.5. Reservoir characteristics.
- 5.1.6. Distribution characteristics
- 5.1.7. Flow characteristics
- 5.1.8. Significance of tight unconventional reservoir description
- 5.1.9. Complications/remedies of unconventional reservoir description
- 5.2. Macro-/micro-/nanoscale role in tight unconventional reservoir characterization
- 5.2.1. Scale definition
- 5.2.2. Significance of nanoscale
- 5.2.3. Interrelations of reservoir scales
- 5.3. Flow mechanisms of shale nanochannels
- 5.3.1. Problem definition
- 5.3.2. Nanoscale flow
- 5.3.3. Nanoscale debate
- 5.3.3.1. Slip flow
- 5.3.3.2. Adsorption
- 5.3.3.3. Inorganic and organic matter
- 5.3.4. Summary of nanoscale
- 5.4. Tight unconventional reservoir transition zone description
- 5.4.1. Tools for determining transition zone
- 5.4.1.1. Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- 5.4.1.2. Mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP)
- 5.4.1.3. Reservoir rock typing (RRT)
- 5.4.1.4. Special core analysis (SCAL)
- 5.4.1.5. Conventional core analysis (CCA)
- 5.4.2. Significance of transition zone investigation
- 5.4.3. Factors affecting transition zone characteristics
- 5.4.3.1. Static and dynamic reservoir rock typing
- 5.4.3.2. Petrophysical analysis and diagenesis
- 5.4.3.3. Hysteresis capillary pressure and relative permeability behaviors
- 5.4.3.4. Wettability envelope
- 5.4.3.5. Electrical resistivity and saturation exponent
- 5.5. Role of CT/XRD/NMR/SEM
- 5.5.1. CT
- 5.5.2. XRD
- 5.5.3. NMR
- 5.5.4. SEM
- 5.6. Tight unconventional reservoir data integration
- 5.6.1. Well logging data
- 5.6.2. Core analysis data
- 5.6.3. Well testing data
- 5.7. Ordos basin, Northcentral China case study
- 5.7.1. Static and dynamic modeling
- 5.7.2. Research on the Ordos Basin, Northcentral China
- References
- Chapter 6: Dynamic modeling of tight unconventional reservoirs.
- 6.1. Main differences between conventional and tight unconventional reservoirs flow modeling
- 6.2. Dynamic/static model projection
- 6.3. Mechanisms controlling fluid flow through tight UCRs
- 6.3.1. Non-Darcy flow mechanism
- 6.3.2. The eight governing flow mechanisms in tight UCR porous media
- 6.3.2.1. Viscous forces
- 6.3.2.2. Inertial forces
- 6.3.2.3. Capillary forces
- 6.3.2.4. Diffusion forces
- 6.3.2.5. Sorption forces
- 6.3.2.6. Desorption forces
- 6.3.2.7. Advection forces
- 6.3.2.8. Viscoelastic forces
- 6.4. Dynamic model development
- 6.4.1. Modified Buckingham-Reiner equation
- 6.4.2. Model related to slip boundary conditions
- 6.4.3. Enskog equation
- 6.4.4. Model considering the viscous and diffusion
- 6.4.5. Physical implications of the eight mechanisms
- 6.4.5.1. Viscous forces
- 6.4.5.2. Diffusion forces
- 6.4.5.3. Sorption forces
- 6.4.5.4. Desorption forces
- 6.4.5.5. Inertial forces
- 6.4.5.6. Advection forces
- 6.4.5.7. Capillary forces
- 6.4.5.8. Viscoelastic forces
- 6.4.6. Mathematical expression of eight mechanisms
- 6.4.6.1. Viscous force
- 6.4.6.2. Diffusion force
- 6.4.6.3. Sorption forces
- 6.4.6.4. Desorption forces
- 6.4.6.5. Advection forces
- 6.4.6.6. Inertial forces
- 6.4.6.7. Capillary forces
- 6.4.6.8. Viscoelastic forces
- 6.4.7. Model development sample
- 6.5. Dynamic model validation
- 6.5.1. Parametric validation
- 6.5.2. Experimental data validation
- 6.5.3. Field data validation
- 6.6. Mathematical expressions
- 6.6.1. Combination of viscous flow and Knudsen diffusion
- 6.6.2. Adsorption and desorption
- 6.6.3. Diffusion
- References
- Chapter 7: Field development of tight unconventional reservoirs
- 7.1. Tight unconventional reservoirs development criteria
- 7.1.1. Total organic carbon (TOC)
- 7.1.2. Kerogen type and thermal maturity.
- 7.1.3. Storage mechanism
- 7.1.4. Mineralogy
- 7.1.5. Hydrocarbon-in-place
- 7.1.6. Reservoir formation thickness
- 7.1.7. Reservoir fluids saturation, distribution, and fluid contact (egg-box-stack theory)
- 7.1.8. Reservoir pressure
- 7.1.9. Reservoir rock brittleness and fractures
- 7.1.10. Stimulation conditions
- 7.2. Current practice
- 7.2.1. Identifying the hydrocarbon enrichment spots (HES)
- 7.2.2. Tight unconventional reservoir well development
- 7.2.3. Well spacing
- 7.2.4. Pad development
- 7.3. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing challenges
- 7.3.1. Horizontal wells
- 7.3.2. Fracturing tight unconventional reservoirs
- 7.3.3. Fracturing fluids
- 7.4. Tight unconventional reservoir production profile
- 7.4.1. Nature of production profiles
- 7.5. Production profile comparison of conventional and tight unconventional reservoirs
- 7.6. Advancement in hydraulic fracturing technologies
- 7.6.1. Development of hydraulic fracturing
- 7.6.2. Fracturing fluids
- 7.6.3. Proppants
- 7.6.4. Pumping and blending equipment
- 7.6.5. Fracture treatment design
- 7.7. Refracturing
- 7.8. Advancements in slim wells
- 7.9. EOR for tight unconventional reservoirs
- 7.9.1. Gas injection
- 7.9.1.1. Traditional gas injection
- 7.9.1.2. Gas injection huff-n-buff
- 7.9.2. Water injection
- 7.9.2.1. Continuous water injection
- 7.9.2.2. Water injection huff-n-buff
- 7.9.3. Surfactant injection
- 7.9.4. Other potential EOR techniques
- 7.10. Case studies
- 7.10.1. Wattenberg field case study
- 7.10.2. Eagle ford case study
- References
- Chapter 8: Economics and risk analysis of tight oil unconventional reservoirs
- 8.1. Background
- 8.2. Economic and risk analysis of conventional reservoirs
- 8.2.1. Economic analysis
- 8.2.2. Net cash flow
- 8.2.3. Revenue estimation
- 8.2.4. Taxes and royalties.