Description
Book SynopsisMichael J. Economides is professor of engineering at the University of Houston. His work focuses on optimizing hydrocarbon production from reservoir to market. A leading energy analyst, he is editor-in-chief of
Energy Tribune and the
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.
A. Daniel Hill is professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University, holds the R.L. Whiting endowed chair, and is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Christine Ehlig-Economides is professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University and holds the A.B. Stevens endowed chair. She is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
Ding Zhu, is associate professor in the Harold Vance Department
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Chapter 1: The Role of Petroleum Production Engineering
- Chapter 2: Production from Undersaturated Oil Reservoirs
- Chapter 3: Production from Two-Phase Reservoirs
- Chapter 4: Production from Natural Gas Reservoirs
- Chapter 5: Production from Horizontal Wells
- Chapter 6: The Near-Wellbore Condition and Damage Characterization; Skin Effects
- Chapter 7: Wellbore Flow Performance
- Chapter 8: Flow in Horizontal Wellbores, Wellheads, and Gathering Systems
- Chapter 9: Well Deliverability
- Chapter 10: Forecast of Well Production
- Chapter 11: Gas Lift
- Chapter 12: Pump-Assisted Lift
- Chapter 13: Well Performance Evaluation
- Chapter 14: Matrix Acidizing: Acid/Rock Interactions
- Chapter 15: Sandstone Acidizing Design
- Chapter 16: Carbonate Acidizing Design
- Chapter 17: Hydraulic Fracturing for Well Stimulation
- Chapter 18: The Design and Execution of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments
- Chapter 19: Sand Management
- Appendix A:
- Appendix B:
- Appendix C:
- Index
