A new way of characterizing hydrocarbon reservoirs in carbonate rocks that facilitates their exploration and development
This timely reference presents the information scientists need to explore and develop carbonate reservoirs in the most efficient and profitable ways. Carbonate rocks contain at least half of the world's oil and gas and much of its groundwater. Primary extraction of oil recovers about one-third of it; two-thirds waits for specialized recovery methods that depend on precise knowledge of reservoir geology. Covering everything from the basics to more sophisticated ways of assessing reservoirs, Geology of Carbonate Reservoirs:
* Explains how and where carbonate rocks form and how they do, or do not, become reservoirs
* Discusses reservoir properties-the interaction between rocks and fluids-and how rock properties influence saturation, wettability, capillarity, capillary pressure, and reservoir quality
* Covers depositional carbonate reservoirs, diagenetic carbonate reservoirs, and fractured reservoirs
* Offers a new genetic classification of carbonate porosity that helps scientists predict spatial distribution of porosity and permeability; it's a practical way of characterizing hydrocarbon reservoirs in carbonate rocks
* Helps scientists recognize, analyze, and map reservoirs and make more accurate volumetric calculations and economic forecasts
This book's goal is to help scientists explore and develop the vast resources in carbonate reservoirs more efficiently and economically. Though the book is written for petroleum geologists, geophysicists, and engineers and students in those fields, this is also a good reference for hydrogeologists and environmental geologists because reservoirs and aquifers differ only in the fluids they contain.
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?This reference presents the information scientist's need to explore and develop carbonate reservoirs in the most efficient and profitable ways.? (APADE, 2009)
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Höhe: 260 mm
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978-0-470-16491-4 (9780470164914)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Wayne M. Ahr, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics with a joint appointment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Ahr has published 150 technical papers and abstracts. He is a Certified Petroleum Geologist and a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, where he serves as Associate Editor. He is also a member of the Society for Sedimentary Geology and the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts; is a lifetime member of the Fulbright Association; and serves on the editorial board of the Geological Journal.
Preface.
About This Book.
1. Introduction.
1.1 Definition of carbonate reservoirs.
1.1.1 Carbonates; reservoirs.
1.2 Finding and developing carbonate reservoirs.
1.2.1 Sources of data on reservoirs.
1.3 Unique attributes of carbonates.
Suggestions for further reading.
Review questions.
2. Carbonate Reservoir Rock Properties .
2.1 Definitions.
2.2 Fundamental Rock Properties.
2.3 Classification of Carbonate rocks.
2.4 Dependent or Derived Rock Properties.
2.5 Tertiary Rock Properties .
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Review Questions.
3. Petrophysical Properties of Carbonate Reservoirs.
3.1 Saturation, Wettability, Capillarity.
3.2 Capillary Pressure and Reservoir Performance.
3.3 Fluid Withdrawal Efficiency.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Review Questions.
4. Stratigraphic Principles.
4.1 Carbonate Depositional Platforms.
4.2 Rock, Time, and Time-Rock Units.
4.3 Correlation.
4.4 Anatomy of Depositional Units.
4.5 Sequence Stratigraphy.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Review Questions.
5. Depositional Carbonate Reservoirs.
5.1 Depositional Porosity.
5.2 Depositional Environments and Processes.
5.3 Paleotopography and Depositional Facies.
5.4 Diagnosis and Mapping of Depositional Reservoirs.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Review Questions.
6. Diagenetic Carbonate Reservoirs.
6.1 Diagenesis and Diagenetic Processes.
6.2 Diagenetic Porosity.
6.3 Diagenetic Environments and Facies.
6.4 Diagenetically-Enhanced Porosity.
6.5 Porosity enhancement by replacement.
6.6 Diagnosing and Mapping Diagenetic Reservoirs.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Review Questions.
7. Fractured Reservoirs.
7.1 Fractures and Fractured Reservoirs.
7.2 Fracture Permeability, Porosity, and Sw.
7.3 Classification of Fractured Reservoirs.
7.4 Detecting Fractured Reservoirs.
7.5 Predicting Reservoir Fracture Spacing and Intensity.
7.6 Identifying and Developing Fractured Reservoirs.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Review Questions.
8. Summary - Geology of Carbonate Reservoirs.
8.1 Rock Properties and Diagnostic Methods.
8.2 Data Requirements .
8.3 Depositional Reservoirs.
8.4 Diagenetic Reservoirs.
8.5 Fractured Reservoirs.
8.6 Conclusions.
Review Questions.
References.
Index.
