Petroleum geoengineering : integration of static and dynamic models : 2009 Distinguished Instructor Short Course /

Explores improved linkage among techniques used at various scales to describe and model petroleum reservoirs. The book, which accompanies the 2009 SEG/EAGE Distinguished Instructor Short Course, is aimed at a broad range of geoscientists and engineers working in the petroleum industry. The ultimate...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Distinguished Instructor Short Course Tulsa, Okla., Society of Exploration Geophysicists, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
Other Authors:	Corbett, P. W. M. (Patrick W. M.)
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tulsa, OK : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, [2009]
Series:	Distinguished instructor series ; no. 12.
Subjects:	Petroleum engineering > Congresses. Petroleum > Geology > Mathematical models > Congresses. Petroleum > Geology > Statistical methods > Congresses. Petroleum reserves > Congresses.

Table of Contents:

1. Author's perspective and geoengineering context
2. Background to geoengineering
3. Definition of geoengineering
4. The geoengineering challenge
5. Core skills of a petroleum geoengineer
6. Examples of petroleum geoengineering
7. The future for petroleum geoengineering
8. World oil reserves and the potential prize for global petroleum geoengineering
9. Conclusions
A. Exercise 1 : an upscaling example
B. Exercise 2 : reservoir management
References
Index.