Working Guide to Reservoir Rock Properties and Fluid Flow

Gain a critical understanding of fluid storage in reservoir rocks and in flow of fluids through the rock's pore structure

Tarek Ahmed (Author)

9781856178259, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 22 October 2009

300 pages, Approx. 150 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.36 kg

Working Guide to Reservoir Rock Properties and Fluid Flow provides an introduction to the properties of rocks and fluids that are essential in petroleum engineering. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 discusses the classification of reservoirs and reservoir fluids. Part 2 explains different rock properties, including porosity, saturation, wettability, surface and interfacial tension, permeability, and compressibility. Part 3 presents the mathematical relationships that describe the flow behavior of the reservoir fluids. The primary reservoir characteristics that must be considered include: types of fluids in the reservoir, flow regimes, reservoir geometry, and the number of flowing fluids in the reservoir. Each part concludes with sample problems to test readers knowledge of the topic covered.

Part One: Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Fossil fuel technologies [THF], Flow, turbulence, rheology [TGMF3], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG]