Integrated Reservoir Asset Management: Principles and Best Practices

All too often, senior reservoir managers have found that their junior staff lack an adequate understanding of reservoir management techniques and best practices needed to optimize the development of oil and gas fields. Written by an expert professional/educator, Integrated Reservoir Asset Management introduces the reader to the processes and modeling paradigms needed to develop the skills to increase reservoir output and profitability and decrease guesswork.

One of the only references to recognize the technical diversity of modern reservoir management teams, Fanchi seamlessly brings together concepts and terminology, creating an interdisciplinary approach for solving everyday problems. The book starts with an overview of reservoir management, fluids, geological principles used to characterization, and two key reservoir parameters (porosity and permeability). This is followed by an uncomplicated review of multi-phase fluid flow equations, an overview of the reservoir flow modeling process and fluid displacement concepts. All exercises and case studies are based on the authors 30 years of experience and appear at the conclusion of each chapter with hints in addition of full solutions. In addition, the book will be accompanied by a website featuring supplementary case studies and modeling exercises which is supported by an author generated computer program.

Straightforward methods for characterizing subsurface environmentsEffortlessly gain and understanding of rock-fluid interaction relationships An uncomplicated overview of both engineering and scientific processesExercises at the end of each chapter to demonstrate correct applicationModeling tools and additional exercise are included on a companion website

1. Introduction 2. Fluid Properties 3. Geology 4. Porosity and Permeability 5. Geophysics 6. Petrophysics 7. Well Logging 8. Well Testing 9. Production Evaluation Techniques 10. Rock-Fluid Interactions 11. Fluid Flow Equations 12. Reservoir Characterization 13. Reservoir Flow Modeling 14. Fluid Displacement 15. Modern Reservoir Management Applications

Appendix A, Unit Conversion Factors