A Generalized Approach To Primary Hydrocarbon Recovery Of Petroleum Exploration & Production

Although primary hydrocarbon recovery is the easiest method the very fact that a whole book can be written about it proves that is neither simple nor easy. The authors intend this as an undergraduate textbook that introduces the primary methods of extracting hydrocarbons.

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Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Reservoir energy and producing mechanisms. 3. Rock properties. 4. Fluid properties. 5. Microscopic and macroscopic mass balances. 6. The generalized material-balance equation. 7. Fluid flow and well performance. 8. Laboratory PVT tests and lease separation. 9. Rate predictions using tank models. 10. Natural water influx. 11. Wet- and dry-gas reservoirs. 12. Black-oil reservoirs. 13. Volatile-oil and gas-condensate reservoirs. 14. Decline-curve analysis. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. Appendix E. Nomenclature. Reference. Index.