Reservoir Exploration and Appraisal

Assess costs and estimate the production capabilities and economic value of oil and gas wells to evaluate the economic viability of potential drilling sites.

Luiz Amado (Author)

9781856178532, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 23 April 2013

174 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.2 cm, 0.26 kg

"This guide introduces the volume to value methodology used by petroleum companies to evaluate and select exploratory opportunities, formulas for calculating volumes in place and estimating recovery factors, commercial databases of field analogs, and typical capital expenditures for drilling wells and constructing facilities." --Reference and Research Book News, August 2013

Finding a new oil and gas discovery and evaluating its volume is a difficult and challenging task, and yet there is very little published on the topic. Luiz Amado delivers a one-of-a-kind introductory guide titled Reservoir Exploration and Appraisal. Providing logistical instruction and processes for the entire exploration and appraisal process, Amado furnishes the guidance, workflow, and practical recommendations needed based on real-world scenarios. Written by an engineer with over 15 years of experience in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South America and West Africa, Reservoir Exploration and Appraisal equips engineers and economists with expert advice on critical subjects such as detailed methods of estimating recovery factors, creating production curves using either simple or complex approaches, understanding main fluid and rock properties that govern volume and productivity, and communicating examples of field case evaluations, including deepwater projects.

PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Project Framing and the V2V (Volume to Value) Evaluation AnalysisChapter 2: Setting the Scene: Plays, Leads and ProspectsChapter 3: Exploration and Appraisal StagesChapter 4: Rock and Fluid EstimatesChapter 5: The Search and Use of AnaloguesChapter 6: Volumes and Recovery EfficienciesChapter 7: Wells and Production FunctionsChapter 8: Facilities and Subsea EngineeringChapter 9: Capex and Opex ExpendituresChapter 10: Lease Sales, Bids and Farm-inChapter 11: The Value and Gains of TechnologyChapter 12: Examples and Field Cases EvaluationsIndex

Subject Areas: Fossil fuel technologies [THF]