Research and Markets: Reservoir Engineering Handbook. Edition No. 4, 2010 Provides Solid Information and Insight for Engineers and Students Alike

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9e28b2/reservoir_engineer) has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new report "Reservoir Engineering Handbook. Edition No. 4" to their offering.

Reorganized for easy use, Reservoir Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition provides an up-to-date reference to the tools, techniques, and science for predicting oil reservoir performance even in the most difficult fields.

Topics covered in the handbook include:

Processes to enhance production
Well modification to maximize oil and gas recovery
Completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, and well surveys

Reservoir Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition provides solid information and insight for engineers and students alike on maximizing production from a field in order to obtain the best possible economic return. With this handbook, professionals will find a valuable reference for understanding the key relationships among the different operating variables. Examples contained in this reference demonstrate the performance of processes under forceful conditions through a wide variety of applications.

Fundamental for the advancement of reservoir engineering concepts
Step-by-step field performance calculations
Easy to understand analysis of oil recovery mechanisms
Step-by-step analysis of oil recovery mechanisms
New chapter on fractured reservoirs

Key Topics Covered:

Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Behavior
Reservoir-Fluid Properties
Laboratory Analysis of Reservoir Fluids
Fundamentals of Rock Properties
Relative Permeability Concepts
Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow
Oil Well Performance
Gas Well Performance
Gas and Water Coning
Water Influx
Oil Recovery Mechanisms and the Material Balance Equation
Predicting Oil Reservoir Performance
Gas Reservoirs
Principles of Waterflooding
Vapor-Liquid Phase Equilibria
Analysis of Decline and Type Curves
Fractured Reservoirs

Authors:

Ahmed, PhD, PE, Tarek.

Tarek Ahmed, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior Staff Advisor with Anadarko Petroleum Copr. Before joining Anadarko in 2002 Dr. Ahmed served as professor and chairman of the petroleum engineering department at Montana Tech, a college of the University of Montana in Butte. He also holds a chair endowed by Union Pacific. Tarek is also the author of our highly successful Reservoir Engineering Handbook.

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