Petroleum reservoir rock and fluid properties

Content: Introduction --
Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluids --
Formation of Petroleum Reservoirs --
Typical Characteristics of Petroleum Reservoirs --
Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources --
Significance of Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties --
Preamble to Petroleum Reservoir Rock Properties --
Introduction --
Coring Methods --
Important Issues Related to Coring Methods --
Types of Cores --
Allocation of Core Data for Measurement of Reservoir Rock Properties --
Handling of Reservoir Rock Core Samples --
Types of Core Tests --
Porosity --
Significance and Definition --
Types of Porosities --
Classification of Porosity --
Parameters That Influence Porosity --
Laboratory Measurement of Porosity --
Nonconventional Methods of Porosity Measurements --
Averaging of Porosity --
Examples of Typical Porosities --
Absolute Permeability --
Significance and Definition --
Mathematical Expression of Permeability: Darcy's Law --
Dimensional Analysis of Permeability and Definition of a Darcy --
Application of Darcy's Law to Inclined Flow and Radial Flow --
Averaging of Permeabilities --
Permeability of Fractures and Channels --
Darcy's Law in Field Units --
Laboratory Measurement of Absolute Permeability --
Factors Affecting Absolute Permeability --
Porosity and Permeability Relationships --
Permeabilities of Different Types of Rocks --
Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Reservoir Rocks --
Introduction --
Mechanical Properties --
Electrical Properties --
Fluid Saturation --
Significance and Definition --
Distribution of Fluid Saturation in a Petroleum Reservoir --
Definition and Mathematical Expressions for Fluid Maturation --
Reservoir Rock Samples Used for Fluid Saturation Determination --
Laboratory Measurement of Fluid Saturation --
Assessing the Validity of Fluid Saturation Data Measured on the Plug-End Trim for the Core Plug Sample --
Special Types of Fluid Saturations --
Saturation Averaging --
Factors Affecting Fluid Saturation Determination --
Interfacial Tension and Wettability --
Introduction and Fundamental Concepts --
Interfacial and Surface Tension --
Wettability --
Fundamental Concepts of Wettability --
Discussion on Practical Aspects of Wettability --
Measurement of Reservoir Rock Wettability --
Factors Affecting Wettability --
Relationship between Wettability and Irreducible Water Saturation and Residual Oil Saturation --
Capillary Pressure --
Introduction --
Basic Mathematical Expression of Capillary Pressure --
The Rise of Liquid in Capillaries and the Plateau Equation --
Dependence of Capillary Pressure on Rock and Fluid Properties --
Capillary Pressure and Saturation History --
Laboratory Measurement of Capillary Pressure --
Characteristics of Capillary Pressure Curves --
Converting Laboratory Capillary Pressure Data to Reservoir Conditions --
Averaging Capillary Pressure: J Function --
Calculation of Permeability from Capillary Pressure --
Effect of Wettability on Capillary Pressure --
Practical Application of Capillary Pressure --
Relative Permeability --
Fundamental Concepts of Relative Permeability --
Mathematical Expressions for Relative Permeability --
Salient Features of Gas-Oil and Water-Oil Relative Permeability Curves --
Laboratory Measurement of Relative Permeability --
Determination of Relative Permeability from Capillary Pressure Data --
Factors Affecting Relative Permeability Measurements --
Peculiarities of Relative Permeability Data --
Assessing the Validity of Relative Permeability Data and Determination of Corey Exponents --
Significance of Relative Permeability Data --
Three-Phase Relative Permeability --
Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Fluids --
Introduction --
Chemistry of Petroleum --
Solid Components of Petroleum --
Classification of Reservoir Gases and Oils --
Five Reservoir Fluids --
Other Hydrocarbon Fluids of Interest --
Formation Waters --
Introduction to Phase Behavior --
Introduction --
Definition of Terms Used in Phase Behavior --
Phase Behavior of a Pure Component --
Phase Behavior of Two-Component or Binary Systems --
Phase Behavior of Multicomponent Mixtures --
Construction of Phase Envelopes --
Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids --
Introduction --
Preamble to the Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids --
Brief Description of the Plus Fraction --
Classification and Identification of Fluid Type --
Black Oils --
Volatile Oils --
Gas Condensates --
Wet Gases --
Dry Gases --
Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids in the Two-Phase Region --
Saturated Hydrocarbon Reservoirs --
Production Trends of Five Reservoir Fluids --
Sampling of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids --
Introduction --
Practical Considerations of Fluid Sampling --
Methods of Fluid Sampling --
Evaluating the Representativity of Fluid Samples: Quality Checks --
Factors Affecting Sample Representativity --
Compositional Analysis of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids --
Introduction --
Strategy of Compositional Analysis --
Characteristics of Reservoir Fluid Composition --
Gas Chromatography --
True Boiling-Point Distillation --
Characterization of Pseudo Fractions and Residue --
Other Nonconventional Methods of Compositional Analysis --
PVT Analysis and Reservoir Fluid Properties --
Introduction --
Properties of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids --
Laboratory Tests --
Adjustment of Black Oil Laboratory Data --
Other Sources of Obtaining the Properties of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids --
Vapor-Liquid Equilibria --
Introduction --
Ideal Mixtures --
Empirical Correlations for Calculating Equilibrium Ratios for Real Solutions --
Equations-of-State Models --
Use of EOS Models in PVT Packages --
Properties of Formation Waters --
Introduction --
Compositional Characteristics of Formation Waters --
Bubble-Point Pressure of Formation Water --
Formation Volume Factor of Formation Water --
Density of Formation Water --
Viscosity of Formation Water --
Solubility of Hydrocarbons in Formation Water --
Solubility of Formation Water in Hydrocarbons --
Compressibility of Formation Water.