HYDROCARBON PHASE BEHAVIOUR
This subject has been covered extensively in specialist books8,13,18 and is described…
GAS MATERIAL BALANCE: RECOVERY FACTOR
The material balance equation, for any hydrocarbon system, is simply a volume…
APPLICATION OF THE REAL GAS EQUATION OF STATE
The determination of the Z−factor as a function of pressure and temperature…
The Z-factor correlation of Standing and Katz
This correlation requires a knowledge of the composition of the gas or,…
VOLUMETRIC GAS RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
Volumetric gas reservoir engineering is introduced at this early stage in the…
OIL RECOVERY: RECOVERY FACTOR
Equation (1.2), for the STOIIP, can be converted into an equation for…
FLUID PRESSURE REGIMES
The total pressure at any depth, resulting from the combined weight of…
BASIC CONCEPTS IN RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
In the process of illustrating the primary functions of a reservoir engineer,…
Formation damage
Producing formation damage has been defined as the impairment of the unseen…
Formation damage from paraffins and asphaltenes
Perhaps the most common formation damage problem reported in the mature oil-producing…


