Enhanced Oil Recovery, Second Edition

Don W. Green, G. Paul Willhite

• Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781613994948
• Edition: 0

Building on the comprehensive, fundamental mechanisms and mathematical computations detailed in the First Edition, the new Second Edition of Enhanced Oil Recovery presents the latest insights into the applications of EOR processes, including -Field-scale thermal-recovery such as steam-assisted gravity drainage and cyclic steam stimulation -Field-scale polymer flooding including horizontal wells -Field-scale miscible-displacement processes such as CO2 miscible flooding -Laboratory-scale chemical flooding in the development and testing of surfactant formulations An invaluable tool for petroleum engineering students, Enhanced Oil Recovery also serves as an important resource for those practicing oil recovery in the field or engaged in the design and operation of commercial projects involving enhanced-or improved-oil-recovery processes. A prior understanding of basic petrophysics, fluid properties, and material balance is recommended.

Table of contents

• Cover 
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table of Contents 
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Chapter 1 – Introduction to EOR Processes
• Chapter 2 – Microscopic Displacement of Fluids in a Reservoir
• Chapter 3 – Displacement in Linear Systems
• Chapter 4 – Macroscopic Displacement of Fluids in a Reservoir
• Chapter 5 – Mobility-Control Processes
• Chapter 6 – Miscible Displacement Processes
• Chapter 7 – Chemical Flooding
• Chapter 8 – Thermal Recovery Processes
• Appendix A – Formation of a Viscous Shock
• Appendix B – Error-Function Tabulation
• Appendix C – Auxiliary Programs To Compute Location of Polymer Bank When Polymer Slug Is Displaced by Drive Water
• Appendix D – Computer Programs—Stalkup Displacement Models
• Appendix E – Fluid and Rock Property Data and Supporting Data for Thermal Recovery Calculations
• Appendix F – Programs To Evaluate Functions Derived From Marx and Langenheim Model
• Appendix G – An Introduction to Gravity Drainage
• Appendix H – Solution to Example 8.7—Cyclic Steam Stimulation of a Gravity-Drainage Reservoir
• Appendix I – Development of Constant-Vertical-Velocity Model for Gravity Override
• Author Index
• Subject Index