- An accessible resource, covering the fundamentals of carbonate reservoir engineering
- Includes discussions on how, where and why carbonate are formed, plus reviews of basic sedimentological and stratigraphic principles to explain carbonate platform characteristics and stratigraphic relationships
- Offers a new, genetic classification of carbonate porosity that is especially useful in predicting spatial distribution of pore networks.
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?This reference presents the information scientist's need to explore and develop carbonate reservoirs in the most efficient and profitable ways.? ( APADE , 2009)
Preface. About This Book.
1. Introduction. 1.1 Definition of carbonate
reservoirs. 1.1.1 Carbonates; reservoirs. 1.2 Finding and developing
carbonate reservoirs. 1.2.1 Sources of data on reservoirs. 1.3 Unique
attributes of carbonates. Suggestions for further reading. Review questions.
2. Carbonate Reservoir Rock Properties . 2.1 Definitions. 2.2 Fundamental
Rock Properties. 2.3 Classification of Carbonate rocks. 2.4 Dependent or
Derived Rock Properties. 2.5 Tertiary Rock Properties . Suggestions for
Further Reading. Review Questions.
3. Petrophysical Properties of Carbonate
Reservoirs. 3.1 Saturation, Wettability, Capillarity. 3.2 Capillary Pressure
and Reservoir Performance. 3.3 Fluid Withdrawal Efficiency. Suggestions for
Further Reading. Review Questions.
4. Stratigraphic Principles. 4.1
Carbonate Depositional Platforms. 4.2 Rock, Time, and Time-Rock Units. 4.3
Correlation. 4.4 Anatomy of Depositional Units. 4.5 Sequence Stratigraphy.
Suggestions for Further Reading. Review Questions.
5. Depositional Carbonate
Reservoirs. 5.1 Depositional Porosity. 5.2 Depositional Environments and
Processes. 5.3 Paleotopography and Depositional Facies. 5.4 Diagnosis and
Mapping of Depositional Reservoirs. Suggestions for Further Reading. Review
Questions.
6. Diagenetic Carbonate Reservoirs. 6.1 Diagenesis and
Diagenetic Processes. 6.2 Diagenetic Porosity. 6.3 Diagenetic Environments
and Facies. 6.4 Diagenetically-Enhanced Porosity. 6.5 Porosity enhancement by
replacement. 6.6 Diagnosing and Mapping Diagenetic Reservoirs. Suggestions
for Further Reading. Review Questions.
7. Fractured Reservoirs. 7.1
Fractures and Fractured Reservoirs. 7.2 Fracture Permeability, Porosity, and
Sw. 7.3 Classification of Fractured Reservoirs. 7.4 Detecting Fractured
Reservoirs. 7.5 Predicting Reservoir Fracture Spacing and Intensity. 7.6
Identifying and Developing Fractured Reservoirs. Suggestions for Further
Reading. Review Questions.
8. Summary - Geology of Carbonate Reservoirs.
8.1 Rock Properties and Diagnostic Methods. 8.2 Data Requirements . 8.3
Depositional Reservoirs. 8.4 Diagenetic Reservoirs. 8.5 Fractured Reservoirs.
8.6 Conclusions. Review Questions. References. Index.
Wayne M. Ahr , PhD, is a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics with a joint appointment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Ahr has published 150 technical papers and abstracts. He is a Certified Petroleum Geologist and a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, where he serves as Associate Editor. He is also a member of the Society for Sedimentary Geology and the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts; is a lifetime member of the Fulbright Association; and serves on the editorial board of the Geological Journal.
