By
John R. Fanchi, PhD, Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA
Description
SHORT BLURB/BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The hottest, most important topic to reservoir engineers is reservoir simulation. Reservoir simulations
are literally pictures of what a reservoir of oil or gas looks, or should look, like under the surface of the earth. A multitude of
tools is available to the engineer to generate these pictures, and, essentially, the more accurate the picture, the easier the engineer
can get the product out of the ground, and, thus, the more profitable the well will be.
UNIQUE FEATURE: Completely revised and updated
throughout, this new edition of a GPP industry standard has completely new sections on coalbed methane, CO2 sequestration (important
for environmental concerns), Co2 Flood, more sophisticated petrophysical models for geoscientists, examples of subsidence, additional
geomechanical calculations, and much more. What makes this book so different and valuable to the engineer is the accompanying software,
used by reservoir engineers all over the world every day. The new software, IFLO (replacing WINB4D, in previous editions), is a simulator
that the engineer can easily install in a Windows operating environment. IFLO generates simulations of how the well can be tapped and
feeds this to the engineer in dynamic 3D perspective. This completely new software is much more functional, with better graphics and
more scenarios from which the engineer can generate simulations.
BENEFIT TO THE READER: This book and software helps the reservoir engineer
do his or her job on a daily basis, better, more economically, and more efficiently. Without simulations, the reservoir engineer would
not be able to do his or her job at all, and the technology available in this product is far superior to most companies' internal simulation
software. It is also much less expensive ($89.95 versus hundreds or even thousands of dollars) than off-the-shelf packages available
from independent software companies servicing the oil and gas industry. It is, however, just as, or more accurate than these overpriced
competitors, having been created by a high-profile industry expert and having been used by engineers in the real world with successful
and profitable results.
Audience:
MARKET: Reservoir Engineers, Petroleum Geologists, Geophysists
