Applied Hydrodynamics in Petroleum Exploration

Applied Hydrodynamics in Petroleum Exploration by Eric C. Dahlberg.

In the first edition of this book, we observed that it had been created to fill a need for a usable "self-contained volume on hydrodynamics" (and hydrogeology) that was written specifically for the petroleum industry, but could also serve the earth science community in general. When the fi...

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Main Author: Dahlberg, Eric C. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1995.
Edition:2nd ed. 1995.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Mineralogy.
Geotechnical engineering.
Geology.
Mineral resources.
Fossil fuels.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Fluids, Pressures, and Gradients
  • The Nature of Fluids
  • Pressures and Fluids
  • Conversion of Units
  • Pascal’s Principle
  • Pressure Relationships in Fluid Networks
  • Planes and Gradients
  • 2 Formation Pressure Measurements and Data
  • Sources of Pressure Data
  • DST Pressure Charts and Pressure Extrapolation
  • Accuracy of Drill Stem Test Measurements
  • Formation Pressure Information from Well Records
  • Computer Data Bases
  • Repeat Formation Testing (RFT)
  • The Selective Formation Tester
  • RFT Data
  • Analysis and Interpretation of RFT Log Data
  • 3 Fluid Environments
  • The Hydrostatic Environment
  • Internal Forces—Static Environment
  • The Hydrodynamic Environment
  • Internal Forces—Hydrodynamic Environment
  • Hydraulic Segregation of Hydrocarbons
  • Hydrocarbon Accumulations as a Function of Hydrodynamic Intensity
  • Effects of Flow Magnitude and Direction on Locations of Hydrocarbon Pools
  • Characteristics of Hydrostatic Environments
  • Characteristics of Hydrodynamic Environments
  • 4 Potential Energy Variation in Fluids
  • Potential and Kinetic Energy
  • Potential Energy in a Fluid
  • Force Fields, Flow Lines, and Gradients
  • Force Models of Hydrocarbon Traps
  • Pressure, Potential, and Hydraulic Head
  • 5 Rock, Pore Space, and Fluid Systems
  • Rocks and Water
  • Compaction, Porosity, and Pore Pressure
  • Hydrodynamic Rock-Water Systems
  • Water Expulsion and Escape
  • 6 Nonnormal Formation Pressures
  • Abnormal Pore Pressures
  • Hydraulic Head and Potential Energy
  • Causes of Abnormal Formation Pressure
  • Osmosis, Hydrodynamics, and Abnormal Pressure
  • Geopressures
  • 7 Pressure Variation with Depth
  • Pressure-Depth Gradient Diagrams
  • Geologic Interpretation of P—D Plots
  • Regional Systems: Separate Hydrocarbon Reservoirs on a Common Aquifer
  • Structural Trap Reserves Estimation Problem
  • Subsurface Correlations Based on Pressure Data
  • Interpretation of Pressure Differences on P—D Graphs
  • P—D Gradient Plots and Potentiometrie Surfaces
  • Pressure Deflection Maps
  • Construction of Pressure System Maps
  • 8 Potentiometric Maps and Subsurface Water Flow
  • The Potentiometric Surface
  • Inference of Subsurface Flow Patterns
  • Examples of Potentiometric Maps
  • Regional Potentiometric Maps and Basin Models
  • Potentiometric Maps of Some Basins
  • Local Potentiometric Anomalies and Hydrocarbon Accumulations
  • Using a Constant Hydrostatic Gradient Value
  • 9 Tilted and Displaced Oil and Gas Pools
  • Nonhorizontal Hydrocarbon—Water Contacts
  • Tilted Oil—Water Contacts Attributable to Factors Other Than Hydrodynamic
  • Economic Significance of Tilted Oil—Water Contacts
  • Characteristics of Hydrodynamic Environments
  • U, V, Z Construction Procedure
  • Mapping Oil and Gas Potential Energy Levels from Water Pressures
  • 10 Entrapment Potential Cross Sections
  • Hydrostatic Structural Trap
  • Hydrodynamic Structural Trap
  • Stratigraphic-Hydrodynamic Trap Model
  • Regional-Scale Entrapment Potential Cross Sections
  • U, V, Z Oil Prediction Problem
  • 11 Entrapment Potential Maps
  • Hydrocarbon Entrapment
  • Hydrodynamic-Structural Trap and Entrapment Potential Mapping
  • Displacement of Hydrocarbon Pools
  • Hydrodynamic-Stratigraphic Entrapment Potential
  • An Application of U, V, Z Mapping
  • Regional and Local Mapping of Hydrodynamic Traps: Problem 1
  • Local Mapping of Hydrodynamic Traps: Problem 2
  • Regional and Local Mapping of Hydrodynamic Traps: Problem 3
  • 12 Tilted Oil and Gas Pools: Some Published Examples
  • References
  • List of Symbols and Abbreviations
  • Appendices
  • A Answers to Problems
  • B Picking Hydrocarbon—Water Interfaces from Well Logs
  • C Relationship Between Pressure and Hydraulic Head.

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