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Unconventional Gas Reservoirs

Evaluation, Appraisal, and Development

  • 1st Edition - October 23, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Author: M. Rafiqul Islam
  • Language: English

Natural gas, especially unconventional gas, has an increasingly important role in meeting the world's energy needs. Experts estimate that it has the potential to add anywhere fr… Read more

Description

Natural gas, especially unconventional gas, has an increasingly important role in meeting the world's energy needs. Experts estimate that it has the potential to add anywhere from 60-250% to the global proven gas reserve in the next two decades. To maintain pace with increasing global demand, Unconventional Gas Reservoirs provides the necessary bridge into the newer processes, approaches and designs to help identify these more uncommon reservoirs available and how to maximize its unconventional potential.

Loaded with reservoir development and characterization strategies, this book will show you how to:

  • Recognize the challenges and opportunities surrounding unconventional gas reservoirs
  • Distinguish among the various types of unconventional reservoirs, such as shale gas, coalbed methane, and tight gas formations
  • Drill down and quantify the reservoir’s economic potential and other critical considerations

Key features

  • Gain practical insights and tools to efficiently identify, appraise, and develop unconventional gas reservoirs
  • Understand various techniques used to analyze reservoir parameters and performance as well as how they were applied to numerous real-world case studies
  • Upgrade to the latest information on perspectives and insights with discussion of key differences used for today’s unconventional gas characterization versus original conventional methods that failed in the past

Readership

Reservoir Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Geoscientists, Unconventional Asset Managers, Completion Engineers, and Drilling Engineers

Table of contents

1. Introduction1.1. Summary1.2. Unconventional to Mainstream: A Necessary Paradigm Shift1.3. The Paradox of Unconventional Gas1.4. Greening the Future of Unconventional Gas1.5. Paradigm Shift in Reservoir Characterization1.6. The Science of Unconventional Gas1.7. Depicting the Future1.8. The End Game2. World Gas Reserve and the Role of Unconventional Gas2.1. Summary2.2. Petroleum in the Big Picture2.3. Petroleum Reserve around the World2.4. Worldwide Gas Reserve2.5. Unconventional Gas around the World2.6. Summary and Conclusions3. Important Features of Unconventional Gas3.1. Summary and Introduction3.2. Overview of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs3.3. Special Features of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs3.4. Global Warming and Natural Gas3.5. Distinguishing Features of Unconventional Reservoirs4. Future Potentials of Unconventional Gas: Challenges and Opportunities4.1. Introduction4.2. Lessons Learnt from Enhanced Oil Recovery4.3. Carbon Sequestration Enhanced Gas Recovery4.4. Enhanced Gas Recovery4.4. Summary and Conclusions5. Reservoir Characterization of Unconventional Gas Formations5.1. Summary5.2. Introduction5.3. Origin of Fractures5.4. Seismic Fracture Characterization5.5. Reservoir Characterization during Drilling5.6. Reservoir Characterization with Image Log and Core Analysis5.7. Major Forces of Oil and Gas Reservoirs5.8. Reservoir Heterogeneity5.9. Special Considerations for Shale5.10. Special Considerations for Coalbed Methane6. Scientific Characterization of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs6.1. Summary6.2. Introduction6.3. Science of Nature versus Natural Science6.4. Delinearized History of Characterization of Matter and Energy6.5. Characterization of Everything in Existence6.6. Organic and Mechanical Frequencies6.7. Redefining Force and Energy6.8. what is a Natural Energy Source?6.9. The Science of Water and Petroleum6.10. Organic Origin of Petroleum6.11. Placement of Unconventional Gas in the Energy Picture7. Overview of Reservoir Simulation of Unconventional Reservoirs7.1. Introduction7.2. Essence of Reservoir Simulation7.3. Recent Advances in Reservoir Simulation7.4. Comprehensive Modeling7.5. Towards Solving Nonlinear Equations8. Economic Outlook and Conclusions8.1. Summary8.2. Economics of Unconventional and Economics of Intangibles8.3. Conclusions and Recommendations

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 23, 2014
  • Language: English

About the author

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M. Rafiqul Islam

M. Rafiqul Islam is currently the President of Emertec Research and Development Ltd., a company he co-founded in late 1980’s. Previously, he spent over 20 years as Professor, Research Chair and Director for various Universities, including Killam Chair at Dalhousie University. He earned Diplome d’État in petroleum production engineering from Institut Algérien du Pétrole. He then attended graduate programs at the University of Texas Austin and the University of Alberta, from where he received a M.Sc. and a Ph.D., both in petroleum engineering. He has been awarded multiple awards, including the Einstein Gold Medal from the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, which is the highest honor. He has over 700 publications to his name, including dozens of books in several disciplines and multiple TV appearances within Canada and worldwide.
Affiliations and expertise
President, Emertec Research and Development Ltd., Canada; Director, Oil and Gas, TransCanada Training, Canada

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