Well productivity handbook : vertical, fractured, horizontal, multilateral, and intelligent wells / Boyun Guo, Kai Sun, Ali Ghalambor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guo, Boyun, author.

Sun, Kai, author.

Ghalambor, Ali, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil wells--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Oil wells.

Gas wells--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Gas wells.

Oil reservoir engineering--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Oil reservoir engineering.

Gas reservoirs--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Gas reservoirs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

Houston, Texas : Gulf Publishing Company, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With rapid changes in field development methods being created over the past few decades, there is a growing need for more information regarding energizing well production. Written by the world's most respected petroleumengineering authors, Well Productivity Handbook provides updated knowledge for modeling oil and gas wells with simple and complex trajectories. Covering critical topics, such as petroleum fluid properties, reservoir deliverability,wellbore flow performance and productivity of intelligent well systems, this handbook explains real-world applications illustrated wi

Contents:

Front Cover; Well Productivity Handbook: Vertical, Fractured, Horizontal, Multilateral, and Intelligent Wells; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Symbols; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Wells and Reservoirs; 1.2 Well Productivity; 1.3 About This Book; 1.4 Summary; 1.5 References; 1.6 Problems; Chapter 2. Properties of Petroleum Fluids; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Petroleum Fluids; 2.3 Properties of Oil; 2.4 Properties of Natural Gas; 2.5 Properties of Produced Water; 2.6 Summary; 2.7 References; 2.8 Problems

Chapter 3. Properties of Petroleum Reservoirs 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Lithology; 3.3 Reservoir Porosity; 3.4 Reservoir Total Compressibility; 3.5 Reservoir Permeability; 3.6 Effective Permeability; 3.7 Summary; 3.8 References; 3.9 Problems; Chapter 4. Reservoir Deliverability; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Vertical Wells; 4.3 Fractured Wells; 4.4 Horizontal Wells; 4.5 Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR); 4.6 Construction of IPR Curves Using Test Points; 4.7 Composite IPR of Stratified Reservoirs; 4.8 Predicting Future IPR; 4.9 Summary; 4.10 References; 4.11 Problems; Chapter 5. Wellbore Performance

5.1 Introduction 5.2 Single-Phase Liquid Flow; 5.3 Multiphase Flow in Oil Wells; 5.4 Single-Phase Gas Flow; 5.5 Mist Flow in Gas Wells; 5.6 Summary; 5.7 References; 5.8 Problems; Chapter 6. Productivity of Wells with Simple Trajectories; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Principles of Well Productivity Analysis; 6.3 Deliverability of Vertical Wells; 6.4 Deliverability of Fractured Wells; 6.5 Deliverability of Horizontal Wells; 6.6 Summary; 6.7 References; 6.8 Problems; Chapter 7. Productivity of Wells with Complex Trajectories; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Multi-Fractured Horizontal Wells; 7.3 Multilateral Wells

7.4 Summary 7.5 References; 7.6 Problems; Chapter 8. Productivity of Intelligent Well Systems; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 IWS Description; 8.3 Performance of Down-Hole Flow Control Valves; 8.4 Well Deliverability; 8.5 Summary; 8.6 References; Appendix A: Unit Conversion Factors; Appendix B: Minimum Performance Properties of API Tubing; Appendix C: Mathematical Model for Obtaining Oil Rate Correction Factor Fo; Appendix D: Mathematical Model for Obtaining Gas Rate Correction Factor Fg; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-12-799992-2