Sustainable Natural Gas Reservoir and Production Engineering

Covers advance natural gas engineering and operations, with a goal towards a zero-carbon future

David Wood (Edited by), Jianchao Cai (Edited by)

9780128244951

Paperback, published 4 November 2021

410 pages, 200 illustrations (100 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 0.81 kg

Sustainable Natural Gas Reservoir and Production Engineering, the latest release in The Fundamentals and Sustainable Advances in Natural Gas Science and Engineering series, delivers many of the scientific fundamentals needed in the natural gas industry, including improving gas recovery, simulation processes for fracturing methods, and methods for optimizing production strategies. Advanced research covered includes machine learning applications, gas fracturing mechanics aimed at reducing environmental impact, and enhanced oil recovery technologies aimed at capturing carbon dioxide. Supported by corporate and academic contributors along with two well-distinguished editors, this book provides today’s natural gas engineers the fundamentals and advances in a convenient resource

1. Gas properties, fundamental equations of state and phase relationships 2. Natural gas demand prediction: methods, time horizons, geographical scopes, sustainability issues, and scenarios 3. Machine Learning to Improve Natural Gas Reservoir Simulations 4. In situ stress and mechanical properties of unconventional gas reservoirs 5. Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional reservoirs aided by simulation technologies 6. Experimental methods in fracturing mechanics focused on minimizing their environmental footprint 7. Production decline curve analysis and reserves forecasting for conventional and unconventional gas reservoirs 8. Well Test Analysis for Characterizing Unconventional Gas Reservoirs 9. Carbon-Nanotube-Polymer Nanocomposites Enable Wellbore Cements to Better Inhibit Gas Migration and Enhance Sustainability of Natural Gas Reservoirs 10. Sustainability in Natural Gas Reservoir Drilling: A Review on Environmentally and Economically Friendly Fluids and Optimal Waste Management 11. Enhanced gas recovery technologies aimed at exploiting captured carbon dioxide 12. Sustainability Challenges for the Upstream Sectors of the Natural Gas Industry

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Gas technology [THFG], Fossil fuel technologies [THF]