Tracers in the oil field / / Bernard Zemel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911006652903321
• Autore: Zemel Bernard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier, 1995
• ISBN: 1-281-03459-2; 9786611034597; 0-08-054314-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (515 p.)
• Collana: Developments in petroleum science ; ; 43
• Disciplina: 622/.3382
• Soggetti: Oil field chemicals; Tracers (Chemistry); Radioactive tracers
• 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; tracers in the oil field; Copyright Page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Credits; Chapter One. Radioactivity Basics; INTRODUCTION; RADIOACTIVITY; INTERACTIONS OF RADIATION WITH MATTER; SOURCES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; REFERENCES; Chapter Two. Measurements and Applications; INTRODUCTION; RADIATION DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT; CHARGE COLLECTION IN GAS COUNTERS; COUNTING SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SOLID STATE IONIZATION DETECTORS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; COUNT RATE METERS, MULTICHANNEL ANALYZERS, AND SCALERS; COUNTING RADIOACTIVE ATOMS; USEFUL NUCLEAR PROCEDURES; DOSIMETRYLICENSING AND CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; REFERENCES; Chapter Three. Interwell Water Tracers; INTRODUCTION; FUNCTIONS OF A WATERFLOODING TRACER; RADIOACTIVELY TAGGED TRACERS FOR WATERFLOODS; NONRADIOACTIVELY TAGGED TRACERS FOR WATERFLOODS; TRACER SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD; REFERENCES; Chapter Four. Field Examples and Data Analysis; INTRODUCTION; FIELD TRACER REPORTS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS OF FIELD TRACER DATA; REFERENCES; Chapter Five. Unconventional Waterflood Tracing; INTRODUCTION; RESIDUAL OIL MEASUREMENTS BY ; TRACERS; OBSERVATION WELLS; INTERWELL REACTIONS; FLOW THROUGH FRACTURESDOWNHOLE INJECTION AND SAMPLING; REFERENCES; Chapter Six. Interwell Gas Tracing; INTRODUCTION; GAS TRACERS FOR OILFIELD USE; NONIDEAL BEHAVIOR OF GAS TRACERS; FIELD PROCEDURES; FIELD TRACER TESTS; STEAM TRACING; GAS TRACING IN UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; REFERENCES; Chapter Seven. Downhole Tracers; INTRODUCTION; FAST NEUTRON ACTIVATION OF TRACERS; LOG-INJECT-LOG TRACER PROCEDURES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS FOR WELL TREATMENT DOWNHOLE; OTHER GAMMA-RAY TRACER METHODS; PRODUCTION LOGGING; BOREHOLE PROCESSES; REFERENCES; Chapter Eight. Tracers in Facility Operations; INTRODUCTION; FLOW-RATE MEASUREMENTFLOW-RATE APPLICATIONS; FLOW REGIME IN PIPE AND GATHERING LINES; UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE; OIL, WATER, AND GAS SEPARATORS; EROSION AND CORROSION; SCALE MONITORING AND TREATMENT; PIPELINE LEAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; Appendix. Analytical Flow Model for Design and Analysis of Tracer Pulse Tests; INTRODUCTION; AREAL DILUTION FROM PATTERN GEOMETRY; AREAL DILUTION BY MIXING EFFECTS; TRACER RESPONSE FROM DEVELOPED HOMOGENEOUS PATTERNS; TRACER FLOW IN IRREGULAR AND OPEN PATTERNS; TRACER RESPONSE IN LAYERED RESERVOIRS; DECONVOLUTION OF TRACER BREAKTHROUGH DATA; DESIGN OF TRACER TESTSDERIVATION OF PATTERN BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; NOMENCLATURE; SYMBOLS; ERROR FUNCTIONS; REFERENCES; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is concerned with the application of tracers to a wide variety of oil field operations. It provides the necessary nuclear concepts and techniques which are basic to oil field tracer applications. Laboratory and field techniques are explained and illustrated as are the associated regulatory and safety aspects. Within the book, each area of oil field use is considered separately and specific applications of tracers discussed and relevant literature reviewed. The use of non-radioactive tracers is pointed out wherever it is applicable. Due to the nature of this competitive industry, mu