Advanced Reservoir Management and Engineering

The book is well written. However, there are many typing and calculation mistakes. This is frustrating when working problems and trying to follow examples that are incorrectly posted. Some tables are mislabeled. The graphs are very useful to visualize the material.

This textbook is a veritable tome of equations and tables that will be required of specialists who work in the field of oil and natural gas. Mincing no words, the very first chapter dives into equations and tables to assist the engineer who is required to perform well testing and pressure analysis techniques. I was particularly interested in reviewing the chapters on hydraulic fracturing, given the extensive controversy over the practice in nearby Pennsylvania. Understanding the chemicals and the physical process in greater depth was enlightening. However, while I am not in the field of oil and natural gas explanation, I am an engineer so the language of equations and physics was already familiar to me before reading.Each chapter has problems and solutions for each of the topics covered, including water influx models, unconventional gas reservoirs, principles of oil recovery, the materials balance equation (MBE), and enhanced oil recovery techniques. I was disappointed that the book lacked much theory, and equations are often presented in isolation without explanation for their derivation. While I am used to memorizing equations, I prefer to know their source when I apply them to real-world problems.The book concludes in Chapters 7-9 with discussions of risk analysis, financial reporting, and issues related to professional ethics in the field of petroleum engineers. These are written in more plain text, not geared towards advanced equations. The petroleum engineer can benefit from these discussions so he better understands the world outside his equations.This book is definitely not for the general reader. A manager or investor in the natural gas world would benefit greatly from Chapters 7-9, but will find the earlier chapters unintelligible. An engineer in the field will find this an invaluable reference, although a more complete treatment would likely contain a bit more explanation on the theory that underlies the equations. However, on the whole it is a recommended read for those in the industry as it does cover many angles applicable to engineers, managers, and even astute investors.

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Oil extraction is vital to keep the global economy running. An absolute necessity. Hence a text like this directed at students and professionals in petroleum engineering is timely. It is not an easy read. Nor should it be. The level of discourse appears to be at the senior undergraduate level or graduate level, if not for engineers in the field.The first chapter looks at what may be the most important topic. How to test a well and analyse the measurements. A long and very detailed discussion. Replete with charts of the behaviour of various key variables as a function of a typically dimensionless production time. Basically, the modelling of the history of a well's output.The book does not confine itself to oil wells. Chapter 3 looks at unconventional gas reservoirs. From a physical standpoint, the biggest difference from oil analysis is that the gas flow is often laminar. Many of the equations and modelling in this chapter are thus qualitatively different from oil flow analysis. Given the economic importance of extracting and using gas, you as a professional need to be facile in understanding both oil and gas extraction.Chapter 6 is an optimistic look at enhanced oil recovery. How to make this practical will improve extraction rates from old fields. Also important in meeting ever growing oil demands, especially from developing countries.There are 2 chapters on economic and financial analysis. I am unsure of the distinction. The maths at least is far easier than the earlier chapters on the physics of extraction.

Tarek Ahmed is simply the best author in this category.

I shared this with my brother, a petroleum engineer that has worked all over the world. His feed back was, good as a text book but those in the business would use computerized tools and specialized staffs. So good for getting a basic understanding but probably not something you would reference throughout your career.

good textbook

a specialist high level book for the practicing petroleum and production engineer covering well testing comprehensively but does assume some background and mathematics.

Bought it for someone who seems to enjoy it