Petrophysics theory and practice of measuring reservoir rock and fluid transport properties

• Main Author: Tiab, Djebbar
• Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
• Other Authors: Donaldson, Erle C
• Format: Electronic Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Gulf Professional Pub. c2004
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Subjects: Πετρέλαιο > Γεωλογία; Πετρολογία; βOleo e gas

The petroleum geologist and engineer must have a working knowledge of petrophysics in order to find oil reservoirs, devise the best plan for getting it out of the ground, then start drilling. This book offers the engineer and geologist a manual to accomplish these goals, providing much-needed calcul...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Mineralogy;Petroleum Geology; Porosity and Permeability; Formation Resistivity and Water Saturation; Capillary Pressure; Wettability; Applications of Darcy's Law; Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Introduction; Effect of Stress on Rock Properties Static Stress - Strain Relation; Fluid-rock Interaction Importance of Near-Wellbore Permeability; Appendix