Unconventional Reservoir Rate-Transient Analysis

Unconventional Reservoir Rate-Transient Analysis

Clarkson, Christopher R.

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Unconventional Reservoir Rate-Transient Analysis: Volume One - Fundamentals, Analysis Methods and Workflow, provides a long-overdue comprehensive review of RTA methods to help practicing petroleum engineers and geoscientists understand how to confidently apply RTA to tight reservoirs exhibiting single-phase flow of oil and gas. A review of these methods as applied to more complex unconventional reservoir/fluid types is reserved for Volume Two. Starting with the fundamentals, Volume One provides practitioners with an overview of the basic concepts used in RTA, such as flow-regime identification and application of straight-line analysis, type-curve analysis, and model history-matching approaches that are applicable to low-complexity, tight reservoirs exhibiting single-phase flow of oil and gas. A comprehensive workflow for confident derivation of reservoir/hydraulic fracture property and hydrocarbon-in-place estimates for wells completed in unconventional reservoirs is then introduced. Workflow steps are discussed in detail and illustrated for hydraulically fractured vertical wells and multi-fractured horizontal wells. Supported by many real-world field examples, Unconventional Reservoir Rate-Transient Analysis: Volume One - Fundamentals, Analysis Methods, and Workflow supplies today's petroleum engineers and geoscientists with a comprehensive overview of RTA methods as applied to tight reservoirs. Unconventional Reservoir Rate-Transient Analysis: Volume Two - Application to Complex Reservoirs, Exploration and Development, bridges a critical knowledge gap to help practicing petroleum engineers and geoscientists understand how RTA methods can be adopted and applied to today's unconventional reservoirs. Advanced topics such as how to modify and apply RTA methods to the unconventional reservoir types of coalbed methane, shale gas, and tight/shale reservoirs exhibiting multiphase flow, hydraulic fracture complexity, and stress sensitivity are addressed. Guidelines on how to improve production forecasting and development planning through the integration of RTA with other characterization methods are provided. Finally, nontraditional applications of RTA methods to exploration and development are illustrated. Unconventional Reservoir Rate-Transient Analysis: Volume Two - Application to Complex Reservoirs, Exploration and Development is an indispensable resource for students, academics, and industry professionals interested in using RTA for evaluating unconventional reservoirs. Volume One: Comprehensive review of key concepts and analysis methods used in modern rate-transient analysis (RTA) as applied to low-permeability (tight) oil and gas reservoirsProvision of a workflow for confident derivation of reservoir/hydraulic fracture properties and hydrocarbon-in-place estimates for wells completed in unconventional reservoirsDetailed discussion and illustration of each step of the workflow using field examples Volume Two: Improved rate-transient analysis (RTA) methods for providing reservoir/hydraulic fracture properties and hydrocarbon-in-place estimates for unconventional gas and light oil reservoirs exhibiting complex reservoir behaviorsOverview of the application of RTA methods to coalbed methane (CBM), shale gas (SG), and tight/shale reservoirs exhibiting multiphase flowIllustration of nontraditional applications of RTA for exploration and development INDICE: Volume One 1. Introduction to the Concept of RTA, RTA Methods, and the RTA workflow 2. Preparing and Assessing Data for Use in Quantitative RTA 3. Flow Regime Identification 4. Straight-line (Flow-Regime) Analysis Methods 5. Type-Curve Analysis Methods Volume Two 6. Modification of RTA Methods for Unconventional Reservoirs, Part 1: Coalbed Methane Reservoirs 7. Modification of RTA Methods for Unconventional Reservoirs, Part 2: Shale Gas Reservoirs 8. Modification of RTA Methods for Unconventional Reservoirs, Part 3: Tight and Shale Reservoirs Exhibiting Multi-phase Flow 9. Rate-Transient Analysis as a Tool to Assist with Exploration and Field Development Optimization

  • ISBN: 978-0-323-90116-1
  • Editorial: Gulf Professional Publishing
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 800
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2021
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés