Unconventional Reservoir Rate-Transient Analysis provides petroleum engineers and geoscientists with the first comprehensive review of rate-transient analysis (RTA) methods as applied to unconventional reservoirs. Volume One-Fundamentals, Analysis Methods, and Workflow is comprised of five chapters which address key concepts and analysis methods used in RTA. This volume overviews the fundamentals of RTA, as applied to low-permeability oil and gas reservoirs exhibiting simple reservoir and fluid characteristics.Volume Two-Application to Complex Reservoirs, Exploration and Development is comprised of four chapters that demonstrate how RTA can be applied to coalbed methane reservoirs, shale gas reservoirs, and low-permeability/shale reservoirs exhibiting complex behavior such as multiphase flow. Use of RTA to assist exploration and development programs in unconventional reservoirs is also demonstrated. This book will serve as a critical guide for students, academics, and industry professionals interested in applying RTA methods to unconventional reservoirs.
Table of Contents
Volume One 1. Introduction to the Concept of RTA, RTA Methods, and the RTA workflow 2. Preparing and Assessing Data for Use in Quantitative RTA 3. Flow Regime Identification 4. Straight-line (Flow-Regime) Analysis Methods 5. Type-Curve Analysis Methods
Volume Two 6. Modification of RTA Methods for Unconventional Reservoirs, Part 1: Coalbed Methane Reservoirs 7. Modification of RTA Methods for Unconventional Reservoirs, Part 2: Shale Gas Reservoirs 8. Modification of RTA Methods for Unconventional Reservoirs, Part 3: Tight and Shale Reservoirs Exhibiting Multi-phase Flow 9. Rate-Transient Analysis as a Tool to Assist with Exploration and Field Development Optimization
