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Hydrocarbon exploration and production /

Full text e-book available as part of the Elsevier ScienceDirect Earth and Planetary Sciences subject collection.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jahn, Frank
Otros Autores: Cook, Mark, Graham, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1998.
Colección:Developments in petroleum science ; 46.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • About This Book
  • CHAPTER 1.0. THE FIELD LIFE CYCLE
  • 1.1 Exploration Phase
  • 1.2 Appraisal Phase
  • 1.3 Development Planning
  • 1.4 Production Phase
  • 1.5 Decommissioning
  • CHAPTER 2.0. EXPLORATION
  • 2.1 Hydrocarbon Accumulations
  • 2.2 Exploration Methods and Techniques
  • CHAPTER 3.0. DRILLING ENGINEERING
  • 3.1 Well Planning
  • 3.2 Rig Types and Rig Selection
  • 3.3 Drilling Systems and Equipment
  • 3.4 Site Preparation
  • 3.5 Drilling Techniques
  • 3.6 Casing and Cementing
  • 3.7 Drilling Problems
  • 3.8 Costs and Contracts
  • CHAPTER 4.0. SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • 4.1 Safety awareness
  • 4.2 Safety management systems
  • 4.3 Environment
  • 4.4 Current environmental concerns
  • CHAPTER 5.0. RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION
  • 5.1 Reservoir Geology
  • 5.2 Reservoir Fluids
  • 5.3 Data Gathering
  • 5.4 Data Interpretation
  • CHAPTER 6.0. VOLUMETRIC ESTIMATION
  • 6.1 Deterministic Methods
  • 6.2 Expressing uncertainty
  • CHAPTER 7.0. FIELD APPRAISAL
  • 7.1 The role of appraisal in the field life cycle
  • 7.2 Identifying and quantifying sources of uncertainty
  • 7.3 Appraisal tools
  • 7.4 Expressing reduction of uncertainty
  • 7.5 Cost-benefit calculations for appraisal
  • 7.6 Practical aspects of appraisal
  • CHAPTER 8.0. RESERVOIR DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR
  • 8.1 The driving force for production
  • 8.2 Reservoir drive mechanisms
  • 8.3 Gas reservoirs
  • 8.4 Fluid displacement in the reservoir
  • 8.5 Reservoir simulation
  • 8.6 Estimating the recovery factor
  • 8.7 Estimating the production profile
  • 8.8 Enhanced oil recovery
  • CHAPTER 9.0. WELL DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR
  • 9.1 Estimating the number of development wells
  • 9.2 Fluid flow near the wellbore
  • 9.3 Horizontal wells
  • 9.4 Production testing and bottom hole pressure testing
  • 9.5 Tubing performance
  • 9.6 Well completions
  • 9.7 Artificial lift
  • CHAPTER 10.0. SURFACE FACILITIES
  • 10.1 Oil and gas processing
  • 10.2 Facilities
  • CHAPTER 11.0. PRODUCTION OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
  • 11.1 Operating and Maintenance Objectives
  • 11.2 Production Operations input to the FDP
  • 11.3 Maintenance engineering input to the FDP
  • CHAPTER 12.0. PROJECT AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
  • 12.1 Phasing and organisation
  • 12.2 Planning and control
  • 12.3 Cost estimation and budgets
  • 12.4 Reasons for contracting
  • 12.5 Types of contract
  • CHAPTER 13.0. PETROLEUM ECONOMICS
  • 13.1 Basic principles of development economics
  • 13.2 Constructing a Project Cashflow
  • 13.3 Calculating a discounted cashflow
  • 13.4 Profitability indicators
  • 13.5 Project screening and ranking
  • 13.6 Per barrel costs
  • 13.7 Sensitivity analysis
  • 13.8 Exploration economics
  • CHAPTER 14.0. MANAGING THE PRODUCING FIELD
  • 14.1 Managing the subsurface
  • 14.2 Managing the surface facilities
  • 14.3 Managing the external facto.