Page 5 - Introduction to Petroleum Engineering
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Contents
About the Authors xiii
Preface xv
About the Companion Website xvi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 What is Petroleum Engineering? 1
1.1.1 Alternative Energy Opportunities 3
1.1.2 Oil and Gas Units 3
1.1.3 Production Performance Ratios 4
1.1.4 Classification of Oil and Gas 4
1.2 Life Cycle of a Reservoir 6
1.3 Reservoir Management 9
1.3.1 Recovery Efficiency 9
1.4 Petroleum Economics 11
1.4.1 The Price of Oil 14
1.4.2 How Does Oil Price Affect Oil Recovery? 14
1.4.3 How High Can Oil Prices Go? 15
1.5 Petroleum and the Environment 16
1.5.1 Anthropogenic Climate Change 16
1.5.2 Environmental Issues 19
1.6 Activities 20
1.6.1 Further Reading 20
1.6.2 True/False 21
1.6.3 Exercises 21
