Reservoir engineering
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Reservoir engineering is a branch of petroleum engineering, typically concerned with recovering the maximum amount of hydrocarbons with the minimum cost incurred.
Of particular interest, reservoir engineers often generate reserves estimates for use in financial reporting to the SEC and other bodies.
Furthermore, enhacing oil recovery is the newly rising point which they concern in due to depletion of Oil Reservoirs allover the world.
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[edit] Types
Reservoir engineers often divide themselves into two chief types:
- Surveillance (or production) engineers, monitoring existing fields, optimizing the production and injection rates. Surveillance engineers typically use analytical techniques to perform their work, including decline curve analysis, material balance calculations, and inflow/outflow analysis.
- Simulation engineers, conducting reservoir simulation studies to determine the optimal development plans of oil and gas reservoirs.
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[edit] References
- Slider, H.C. 1976 "Practical Petroleum Reservoir Engineering Methods" (The Petroleum Publishing Company).
- Frick, Thomas C. 1962 "Petroleum Production Handbook, Vol II" (Society of Petroleum Engineers).
- Craft, B.C. & Hawkins, M. Revised by Terry, R.E. 1990 "Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering" Second Edition (Prentice Hall).
