Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production 9780444829214, 0444829210, 0444828834, 9780444828835, 9780080551456

This text aims to provide an insight into all the major stages in the life of an oil or gas field; from exploration, thr

260 27 232KB

English Pages 1-384 [397] Year 1998

Table of contents :
Content:
Principal authors
Page xi

Introduction
Page 1

1.0 The field life cycle
Pages 3-8

2.0 Exploration
Pages 9-27

3.0 Drilling engineering
Pages 29-63

4.0 Safety and the environment
Pages 65-74

5.0 Reservoir description
Pages 75-152

6.0 Volumetric estimation
Pages 153-171

7.0 Field appraisal
Pages 173-182

8.0 Reservoir dynamic behaviour
Pages 183-211

9.0 Well dynamic behaviour
Pages 213-234

10.0 Surface facilities
Pages 235-275

11.0 Production operations and maintenance
Pages 277-290

12.0 Project and contract management
Pages 291-301

13.0 Petroleum economics
Pages 303-329

14.0 Managing the producing field
Pages 331-349

15.0 Managing decline
Pages 351-364

16.0 Decommissioning
Pages 365-371

Selected bibliography
Page 373

Index
Pages 375-384

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