Integrated Petroleum Reservoir Management: A Team Approach

Modern reservoir management practice needs integration of geoscience and engineering involving people, technology, tools, and data. This book is an essential resource for professionals from diverse backgrounds seeking a clear understanding of integrated reservoir management, offering timely insights and practical approaches to optimize reservoir performance through teamwork and innovative strategies. This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of integrated petroleum reservoir management, a concept that has evolved in recent decades. While elements of reservoir management have long been practiced, the integrated approach combines various disciplines to optimize reservoir performance. Several actual examples and case studies are included for illustration purposes.

Features & Benefits

• Integrated Reservoir Management Approach: Learn how reservoir management goes beyond traditional reservoir engineering by setting specific goals and applying multidisciplinary strategies tailored to each unique reservoir.
• Importance of Reservoir Models: Understand the critical role of reservoir models in integrating vast data sets and predicting the outcomes of different operational strategies, ensuring informed decision-making.
• Case Studies and Examples: Explore real-world case histories that highlight the application of integrated reservoir management, emphasizing the importance of tailored solutions for individual reservoirs.
• Multidisciplinary Teamwork: Discover how reservoir management relies on collaboration between experts in geology, geophysics, drilling, production, economics, and more, fostering continuous interaction and evaluation.
• Practical Framework for Complex Subjects: Designed to offer an accessible overview of this intricate topic, the book provides a high-level framework without delving too deeply into the specifics of individual disciplines.

Audience

• Engineers
• Geologists
• Those involved in reservoir management
• Students

About the Author

Dr. Abdus Satter was the president of Satter and Associates, which was formed in Houston upon his retirement from Texaco in 1998. His company was involved in engineering consulting and training services. He has participated in and led reservoir management projects in the U.S., UK, Cameroon, Denmark, Indonesia, Nigeria, Trinidad, and elsewhere. He is a Distinguished Member and a Distinguished Lecturer of the Society of Petroleum Engineers on the topic of Integrated Reservoir Management (1996–1997), and Asset Management through the Reservoir Life Cycle (2002–2003). He teaches SPE and industry courses.

He has 40 years of worldwide, diversified experience and expertise in reservoir engineering, reservoir simulator development and applications, water flood, enhanced recovery techniques, and reservoir studies and operations. He has been published numerous times in these areas.

His previous published books with co-authors are Integrated Water Flood Asset Management and Computer-Assisted Reservoir Management. He holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dhaka, P.E., and M.S. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the University of Oklahoma.

Dr. Ganesh Thakur is Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering in the Cullen College of Engineering and Director for Energy Industry Partnerships at UH. He is President and Global Advisor at Thakur Services, Inc. and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Thakur is also a recipient of the Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI) grant where he is helping lead the nation in cutting-edge research and further elevate future generations of students and faculty at Texas universities while spearheading new breakthroughs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, all of which are crucial to the long-term success of the Texas economy.

He holds a Ph.D., Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, M.S., Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, M.A., Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, M.B.A., Houston Baptist University, and a B.S. (Honors), Petroleum Engineering, IIT (ISM).

Details
Type: Softcover
Size: 6x9
Pages: 335
Published: 1994
ISBN: 9781593702618