Experimental design in petroleum reservoir studies

"One of the main duties for reservoir engineers is reservoir study, which starts when a reservoir is explored and it continues until the reservoir abandonment. Reservoir study is a continual process and due to various reasons such as complexity at the surface and limited data, there are many uncertainties in reservoir modelling and characterization causing difficulties in reasonable history-matching and prediction phases of study. This book concentrates on experimental design, a trusted method in reservoir management, to analyze and take the guesswork out of the uncertainties surrounding the underdeveloped reservoir. Case studies from the Barnett shale and fractured reservoirs in the Middle East are some of the examples included. Other discussions on uncertainty in PVT, field performance data, and relevant outcomes of experimental design will provide insight into how better data can improve measurement tools, your model, and your reservoir assets. --

Front Cover; Experimental Design in Petroleum Reservoir Studies; Copyright Page; Contents; Biography; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Petroleum reservoirs; 1.2 Petroleum rock properties; 1.3 Volumetric calculations in a reservoir; 1.4 Reservoir heterogeneity; 1.5 Reservoir models; 1.6 Experimental design; 2 Reservoir modeling; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Sources of data for reservoir modeling; 2.3 Reservoir characterization; 2.3.1 Geophysical and geological data; 2.3.2 Engineering data; 2.3.2.1 Core data; 2.3.2.2 Well logging data; 2.3.2.3 Pressure transient data.

2.3.2.4 Properties of reservoir fluids2.3.2.5 Rock-Fluid data; 2.3.2.6 Initialization data; 2.3.2.7 Well and recurrent data; 2.4 Mathematical modeling; 2.4.1 Decline curve analysis; 2.4.2 Analytical models; 2.4.3 Numerical simulation; 2.5 Model verification; 3 Experimental design in reservoir engineering; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Errors in mathematical modeling; 3.3 Uncertainty in reservoir data; 3.3.1 Uncertainty in geophysical data; 3.3.2 Uncertainty in geological data; 3.3.3 Uncertainty in dynamic data; 3.3.4 Uncertainty in PVT data; 3.3.5 Uncertainty in field performance data.

3.4 Uncertainty analysis3.4.1 History matching; 3.…