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Engineering

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Advanced
Reservoir
Engineering

Tarek Ahmed
Senior Staff Advisor
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Paul D. McKinney
V.P. Reservoir Engineering
Anadarko Canada Corporation

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Dedication
This book is dedicated to our wonderful and understanding wives, Shanna Ahmed and Teresa McKinney, (without whomthis
book would have been finished a year ago), and to our beautiful children (NINE of them, wow), Jennifer (the 16 year old
nightmare), Justin, Brittany and Carsen Ahmed, and Allison, Sophie, Garretson, Noah and Isabelle McKinney.

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Preface
The primary focus of this book is to present the basic
physics of reservoir engineering usingthe simplest and
most straightforward of mathematical techniques. It is only
through having a complete understanding of physics of
reservoir engineering that the engineer can hope to solve
complex reservoir problems in a practical manner. The book
is arranged so that it can be used as a textbook for senior
and graduate students or as a reference book for practicing
engineers.
Chapter 1describes the theory and practice of well testing and pressure analysis techniques, which is probably one
of the most important subjects in reservoir engineering.

Chapter 2 discusses various water-influx models along with
detailed descriptions of the computational steps involved in
applying these models. Chapter 3 presents the mathematical treatment of unconventional gas reservoirs that includeabnormally-pressured reservoirs, coalbed methane, tight
gas, gas hydrates, and shallow gas reservoirs. Chapter 4
covers the basic principle oil recovery mechanisms and the
various forms of the material balance equation. Chapter 5
focuses on illustrating the practical application of the MBE
in predicting the oil reservoir performance under different
scenarios of driving mechanisms.Fundamentals of oil field
economics are discussed in Chapter 6.
Tarek Ahmed and Paul D. McKinney

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About the Authors
Tarek Ahmed, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior Staff Advisor with
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Before joining Anadarko
in 2002, Dr. Ahmed served as a Professor and Chairman of
the Petroleum Engineering Department at Montana...