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CONTENTS

PREFACE VII

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IX

CONTENTS X

LIST OF FIGURES XVII

LIST OF TABLES XXVII

LIST OF EQUATIONS XXX

NOMENCLATURE LIX

CHAPTER 1 SOME BASIC CONCEPTS IN RESERVOIR ENGINEERING 1

1.1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.2 CALCULATION OF HYDROCARBON VOLUMES 1

1.3 FLUID PRESSURE REGIMES 3

1.4 OIL RECOVERY: RECOVERY FACTOR 9

1.5 VOLUMETRIC GAS RESERVOIR ENGINEERING 12

1.6 APPLICATION OF THE REAL GAS EQUATION OF STATE 20

1.7 GAS MATERIAL BALANCE: RECOVERY FACTOR 25

1.8 HYDROCARBON PHASE BEHAVIOUR 37

REFERENCES 41

CHAPTER 2 PVT ANALYSIS FOR OIL 43

2.1 INTRODUCTION 43

2.2 DEFINITION OF THE BASIC PVT PARAMETERS 43

2.3 COLLECTION OF FLUID SAMPLES 51

2.4 DETERMINATION OF THE BASIC PVT PARAMETERS IN THE
LABORATORY AND CONVERSION FOR FIELD OPERATING
CONDITIONS 55

2.5 ALTERNATIVE MANNER OF EXPRESSING PVT LABORATORY
ANALYSIS RESULTS 65