A strong foundation in reservoir rock and fluid properties is the backbone of almost all the activities in the petroleum industry. Suitable for undergraduate students in petroleum engineering, Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties, Second Edition offers a well-balanced, in-depth treatment of the fundamental concepts and practical aspects that encompass this vast discipline.
Accessible to anyone with an engineering background, the text reveals the importance of understanding rock and fluid properties in petroleum engineering. Key literature references, mathematical expressions, and laboratory measurement techniques illustrate the correlations and influence between the various properties. Explaining how to acquire accurate and reliable data, the author describes coring and fluid sampling methods, issues related to handling samples for core analyses, and PVT studies. He also highlights core and phase behavior analysis using laboratory tests and calculations to elucidate a wide range of properties.
Key Features
- Provides well-balanced coverage of rock and fluid properties, supplemented with key references, laboratory methods, and graphical illustrations.
- Builds a strong foundation in petroleum engineering.
- Presents recombination calculations for determining live reservoir fluid composition, the LBC method for determining viscosity, and the parachor method for determining interfacial tension.
- Includes solved examples as well as both concept- and computation-based homework problems in most chapters.
New to this edition
- Introductions to Stone II three-phase relative permeability model and unconventional oil and gas resources.
- Discussions on low salinity water injection, saturated reservoirs and production trends of five reservoir fluids, impact of mud filtrate invasion and heavy organics on samples, and flow assurance problems due to solid components of petroleum.
- Better plots for determining oil and water Corey exponents from relative permeability data.
- Inclusion of Rachford-Rice flash function, Plateau equation, and skin effect.
- Improved introduction to reservoir rock and fluid properties.
- Practice problems covering porosity, combined matrix-channel and matrix-fracture permeability, radial flow equations, drilling muds on fluid saturation, wettability concepts, three-phase oil relative permeability, petroleum reservoir fluids, various phase behavior concepts, phase behavior of five reservoir fluids, and recombined fluid composition.
- Detailed solved examples on absolute permeability, live reservoir fluid composition, true boiling point extended plus fractions properties, viscosity based on compositional data, and gas-liquid surface tension.
Praise for Petroleum Reservoir Rock & Fluid Properties
I adopted Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties for my course a few years back, and I still believe it is a good compromise between topic coverage and depth. … This book is an excellent gateway for engineers and scientists in training to understand fundamental petroleum reservoir rock and fluid properties. Prof. Dandekar presents a broad collection of topics, practice problems, and measurements techniques aimed to acquaint students with classic concepts, as well as traditional and modern measurement techniques.
—Zuleima T. Karpyn, The Pennsylvania State University.
"The author has provided very detailed information based on his extensive hands-on experience. Easy to read and understand, like sitting in his lectures. Starting from basic and easy materials and gradually moving to more difficult and applied concepts. Plenty of examples and case studies. The other point of strength is that the author covers both rock and fluid aspects in petroleum engineering. This is not only very useful for people who are interested in both topics, but also for people who are interested in only rock or fluid aspects, as they can go over the other aspect which gives them plenty of useful/relevant information which will enrich their understanding and/or lectures. A very good book suitable for both students and lecturers with plenty of worked examples and problems."
—Bahman Tohidi, Heriot-Watt University.
"Good continuity, easy to understand for an undergraduate student. Well illustrated and can also be used as a reference for practical work. … Material is well organized. The book may be appropriate as a textbook for a course like properties of rocks."
—Pradeep B. Jadhav, Maharashtra Institute of Technology
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
- Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluids
- Formation of Petroleum Reservoirs
- Typical Characteristics of Petroleum Reservoirs
- Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources
- Significance of Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties
Chapter 2 Preamble to Petroleum Reservoir Rock Properties
- Introduction
- Coring Methods
- Important Issues Related to Coring Methods
- Types of Cores
- Allocation of Core Data for Measurement of Reservoir Rock Properties
- Handling of Reservoir Rock Core Samples
- Types of Core Tests
Chapter 3 Porosity
- Significance and Definition
- Types of Porosities
- Classification of Porosity
- Parameters That Influence Porosity
- Laboratory Measurement of Porosity
- Nonconventional Methods of Porosity Measurements
- Averaging of Porosity
- Examples of Typical Porosities
Chapter 4 Absolute Permeability
- Significance and Definition
- Mathematical Expression of Permeability: Darcy’s Law
- Dimensional Analysis of Permeability and Definition of a Darcy
- Application of Darcy’s Law to Inclined Flow and Radial Flow
- Averaging of Permeabilities
- Permeability of Fractures and Channels
- Darcy’s Law in Field Units
- Laboratory Measurement of Absolute Permeability
- Factors Affecting Absolute Permeability
- Porosity and Permeability Relationships
- Permeabilities of Different Types of Rocks
Chapter 5 Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Reservoir Rocks
- Introduction
- Mechanical Properties
- Electrical Properties
Chapter 6 Fluid Saturation
- Significance and Definition
- Distribution of Fluid Saturation in a Petroleum Reservoir
- Definition and Mathematical Expressions for Fluid Maturation
- Reservoir Rock Samples Used for Fluid Saturation Determination
- Laboratory Measurement of Fluid Saturation
- Assessing the Validity of Fluid Saturation Data Measured on the Plug-End Trim for the Core Plug Sample
- Special Types of Fluid Saturations
- Saturation Averaging
- Factors Affecting Fluid Saturation Determination
Chapter 7 Interfacial Tension and Wettability
- Introduction and Fundamental Concepts
- Interfacial and Surface Tension
- Wettability
- Fundamental Concepts of Wettability
- Discussion on Practical Aspects of Wettability
- Measurement of Reservoir Rock Wettability
- Factors Affecting Wettability
- Relationship between Wettability and Irreducible Water Saturation and Residual Oil Saturation
Chapter 8 Capillary Pressure
- Introduction
- Basic Mathematical Expression of Capillary Pressure
- The Rise of Liquid in Capillaries and the Plateau Equation
- Dependence of Capillary Pressure on Rock and Fluid Properties
- Capillary Pressure and Saturation History
- Laboratory Measurement of Capillary Pressure
- Characteristics of Capillary Pressure Curves
- Converting Laboratory Capillary Pressure Data to Reservoir Conditions
- Averaging Capillary Pressure: J Function
- Calculation of Permeability from Capillary Pressure
- Effect of Wettability on Capillary Pressure
- Practical Application of Capillary Pressure
Chapter 9 Relative Permeability
- Fundamental Concepts of Relative Permeability
- Mathematical Expressions for Relative Permeability
- Salient Features of Gas–Oil and Water–Oil Relative Permeability Curves Laboratory Measurement of Relative Permeability Determination of Relative Permeability from Capillary Pressure Data Factors Affecting Relative Permeability Measurements Peculiarities of Relative Permeability Data Assessing the Validity of Relative Permeability Data and Determination of Corey Exponents Significance of Relative Permeability Data Three-Phase Relative Permeability
Chapter 10 Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
- Introduction
- Chemistry of Petroleum
- Solid Components of Petroleum
- Classification of Reservoir Gases and Oils
- Five Reservoir Fluids
- Other Hydrocarbon Fluids of Interest
- Formation Waters
Chapter 11 Introduction to Phase Behavior
- Introduction
- Definition of Terms Used in Phase Behavior
- Phase Behavior of a Pure Component
- Phase Behavior of Two-Component or Binary Systems
- Phase Behavior of Multicomponent Mixtures
- Construction of Phase Envelopes
Chapter 12 Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
- Introduction
- Preamble to the Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
- Brief Description of the Plus Fraction
- Classification and Identification of Fluid Type
- Black Oils
- Volatile Oils
- Gas Condensates
- Wet Gases
- Dry Gases
- Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids in the Two-Phase Region
- Saturated Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
- Production Trends of Five Reservoir Fluids
Chapter 13 Sampling of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
- Introduction
- Practical Considerations of Fluid Sampling
- Methods of Fluid Sampling
- Evaluating the Representativity of Fluid Samples: Quality Checks
- Factors Affecting Sample Representativity
Chapter 14 Compositional Analysis of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
- Introduction
- Strategy of Compositional Analysis
- Characteristics of Reservoir Fluid Composition
- Gas Chromatography
- True Boiling-Point Distillation
- Characterization of Pseudo Fractions and Residue
- Other Nonconventional Methods of Compositional Analysis
Chapter 15 PVT Analysis and Reservoir Fluid Properties
- Introduction
- Properties of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
- Laboratory Tests
- Adjustment of Black Oil Laboratory Data
- Other Sources of Obtaining the Properties of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
Chapter 16 Vapor–Liquid Equilibria
- Introduction
- Ideal Mixtures
- Empirical Correlations for Calculating Equilibrium Ratios for Real Solutions
- Equations-of-State Models
- Use of EOS Models in PVT Packages
Chapter 17 Properties of Formation Waters
- Introduction
- Compositional Characteristics of Formation Waters
- Bubble-Point Pressure of Formation Water
- Formation Volume Factor of Formation Water
- Density of Formation Water
- Viscosity of Formation Water
- Solubility of Hydrocarbons in Formation Water
- Solubility of Formation Water in Hydrocarbons
- Compressibility of Formation Water
About the Authors
- Abhijit Y. Dandekar is a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. An active member of SPE, Dr. Dandekar is the author or coauthor of over 30 peer-reviewed technical papers, over 45 technical conference papers, and numerous research reports in areas as diverse as special core analysis, PVT and phase behavior, gas-to-liquids, gas hydrates, viscous oils, wettability alteration, and CO2 sequestration. He received his PhD in petroleum engineering from Heriot-Watt University.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 544 pages
- Publisher: CRC Press; 2 edition (2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1439876363
- ISBN-13: 978-1439876367
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
- List price:$119.95