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Acknowledgments | |
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Preface to the Third Edition | |
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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Preface to the First Edition | |
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Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Behavior | |
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Classification of Reservoirs and Reservoir Fluids | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Reservoir-Fluid Properties | |
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Properties of Natural Gases | |
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Behavior of Ideal Gases | |
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Behavior of Real Gases | |
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Effect of Nonhydrocarbon Components on the Z-Factor | |
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Correction for High-Molecular Weight Gases | |
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Direct Calculation of Compressibility Factors | |
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Compressibility of Natural Gases | |
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Gas Formation Volume Factor | |
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Gas Viscosity | |
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Methods of Calculating the Viscosity of Natural Gases | |
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Properties of Crude Oil Systems | |
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Methods of Calculating Viscosity of the Dead Oil | |
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Methods of Calculating the Saturated Oil Viscosity | |
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Methods of Calculating the Viscosity of the Undersaturated Oil | |
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Properties of Reservoir Water | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Laboratory Analysis of Reservoir Fluids | |
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Composition of the Reservoir Fluid | |
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Constant-Composition Expansion Tests | |
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Differential Liberation (Vaporization) Test | |
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Separator Tests | |
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Extrapolation of Reservoir Fluid Data | |
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Laboratory Analysis of Gas Condensate Systems | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Fundamentals of Rock Properties | |
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Porosity | |
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Saturation | |
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Wettability | |
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Surface and Interfacial Tension | |
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Capillary Pressure | |
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Permeability | |
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Rock Compressibility | |
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Net Pay Thickness | |
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Reservoir Heterogeneity | |
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Areal Heterogeneity | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Relative Permeability Concepts | |
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Two-Phase Relative Permeability | |
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Relative Permeability Ratio | |
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Dynamic Pseudo-Relative Permeabilities | |
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Normalization and Averaging Relative Permeability Data | |
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Three-Phase Relative Permeability | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow | |
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Types of Fluids | |
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Flow Regimes | |
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Reservoir Geometry | |
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Number of Flowing Fluids in the Reservoir | |
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Fluid Flow Equations | |
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Steady-State Flow | |
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Unsteady-State Flow | |
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Constant-Terminal-Pressure Solution | |
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Constant-Terminal-Rate Solution | |
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Pseudosteady-State Flow | |
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Principle of Superposition | |
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Transient Well Testing | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Oil Well Performance | |
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Vertical Oil Well Performance | |
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Horizontal Oil Well Performance | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Gas Well Performance | |
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Vertical Gas Well Performance | |
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Horizontal Gas Well Performance | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Gas and Water Coning | |
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Coning | |
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Coning in Vertical Wells | |
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Breakthrough Time in Vertical Wells | |
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After Breakthrough Performance | |
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Coning in Horizontal Wells | |
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Horizontal Well Breakthrough Time | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Water Influx | |
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Classification of Aquifers | |
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Recognition of Natural Water Influx | |
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Water Influx Models | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Oil Recovery Mechanisms and the Material Balance Equation | |
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Primary Recovery Mechanisms | |
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The Material Balance Equation | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Predicting Oil Reservoir Performance | |
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Reservoir Performance Prediction Methods | |
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Relating Reservoir Performance to Time | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Gas Reservoirs | |
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The Volumetric Method | |
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The Material Balance Method | |
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Material Balance Equation as a Straight Line | |
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Abnormally Pressured Gas Reservoirs | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Principles of Waterflooding | |
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Factors to Consider in Waterflooding | |
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Optimum Time to Waterflood | |
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Effect of Trapped Gas on Waterflood Recovery | |
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Selection of Flooding Patterns | |
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Overall Recovery Efficiency | |
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Displacement Efficiency | |
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Areal Sweep Efficiency | |
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Vertical Sweep Efficiency | |
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Methods of Predicting Recovery Performance for Layered Reservoirs | |
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Waterflood Surveillance | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Vapor-Liquid Phase Equilibria | |
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Vapor Pressure | |
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Equilibrium Ratios | |
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Flash Calculations | |
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Equilibrium Ratios for Real Solutions | |
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Equilibrium Ratios for the Plus Fraction | |
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Applications of the Equilibrium Ratio in Reservoir Engineering | |
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Equations of State | |
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Applications of the Equation of State in Petroleum Engineering | |
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Splitting and Lumping Schemes of the Plus-Fraction | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Analysis of Decline and Type Curves | |
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Decline-Curve Analysis | |
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Type-Curve Analysis | |
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Problems | |
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References | |
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Appendix | |
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Index | |
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About the Author | |