Gas reservoir engineering [[electronic resource] /] / John Lee, Robert A. Wattenbarger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462007103321
• Autore: Lee John (W. John)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Richardson, Tex., : Henry L. Doherty Memorial Fund of AIME, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1996
• ISBN: 1-61399-163-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Collana: SPE textbook series ; ; v. 5
• Altri autori (Persone): WattenbargerRobert A
• Disciplina: 622/.3385
• Soggetti: Gas reservoirs; Gas engineering; Gas fields - Production methods; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1-Properties of Natural Gases""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Review of Definitions and Fundamental Principles""; ""1.3 Properties of Natural Gases""; ""1.4 Calculation of Pseudocritical Gas Properties""; ""1.5 Dranchuk and Abou-Kassem Correlation for z Factor""; ""1.6 Gas FVF""; ""1.7 Gas Density""; ""1.8 Gas Compressibility""; ""1.9 Gas Viscosity""; ""1.10 Properties of Reservoir Oils""; ""1.11 Properties of Reservoir Waters""; ""1.12 Water Vapor Content of Gas""; ""1.13 Gas Hydrates""; ""1.14 PV Compressibility Correlations""; ""1.15 Gas Turbulence Factor and Non-Darcy Flow Coefficient""""1.16 Summary""; ""2-Fundamentals of Gas Flow in Conduits""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Systems, Heat, Work, and Energy""; ""2.3 First Law of Thermodynamics""; ""2.4 Mechanical Energy Balance""; ""2.5 Energy Loss Resulting From Friction""; ""2.6 Bernoulli's Equation""; ""3-Gas Flow Measurement""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Orifice Meters""; ""3.3 Orifice Meter Installation""; ""3.4 Critical Flow Prover""; ""3.5 Choke Nipples""; ""3.6 Pitot Tube""; ""4-Gas Flow in Wellbores""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 BHP Calculations for Dry Gas Wells""""4.3 Effect o f Liquids on BHFP Calculations""; ""4.4 Evaluating Gas-Well Production ; Performance""; ""4.5 Forecasting Gas-Well Performance""; ""5-Fundamentals of Fluid Flow in Porous Media""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Ideal-Reservoir Model""; ""5.3 Solutions to the Diffusivity Equation""; ""5.4 Radius of Investigation""; ""5.5 Principle of Superposition""; ""5.6 Horner's Approximation""; ""5.7 van Everdingen-Hurst Solutions to the Diffusivity Equation""; ""5.8 Summary""; ""6-Pressure-Transient Testing of Gas Wells""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Types and Purposes of Pressure-Transient Tests""""6.3 Homogeneous Reservoir Model-Slightly Compressible Liquids""; ""6.4 Complications in Actual Tests""; ""6.5 Fundamentals of Pressure-Transient Testing in Gas Wells""; ""6.6 Non-Darcy Flow""; ""6.7 Analysis of Gas-Well Flow Tests""; ""6.8 Analysis of Gas-Well Buildup Tests""; ""6.9 Type-Curve Analysis""; ""6.10 Hydraulically Fractured Gas Wells""; ""6.11 Naturally Fractured Reservoirs""; ""6.12 Reservoir Model Identification by Use of Characteristic Pressure Behavior""; ""6.13 Summary""; ""7-Deliverability Testing of Gas Wells""; ""7.1 Introduction""""7.2 Types and Purposes of Deliverability Tests""; ""7.3 Theory of Deliverability Test Analysis""; ""7.4 Stabilization Time""; ""7.5 Analysis of Deliverability Tests""; ""7.6 Summary""; ""8-Design and Implementation of Gas-Well Tests""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Well-Test Types and Purposes""; ""8.3 General Test Design Considerations""; ""8.4 Design of Pressure-Transient Tests""; ""8.5 Deliverability Test Design""; ""8.6 Summary""; ""9-Decline-Curve Analysis for Gas Wells""; ""9.1 Introduction""; ""9.2 Introduction to Decline-Curve Analysis""; ""9.3 Conventional Analysis Techniques""