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Well Testing in Heterogeneous Formations

Author : Tatiana D. Streltsova
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Well Testing in Heterogeneous Formations written by Tatiana D. Streltsova and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph emphasizes modifications in flow behavior that are caused by formation heterogeneity, making the exposition useful to both the novice looking for a general understanding and the experienced analyst looking to improve, or find alternatives to, existing methodology. Organizes a diverse body of information that is scattered throughout the international petroleum and groundwater literature. Illustrates the limitation of most current interpretational procedures, which are based upon theories developed for homogeneous rock, rather than formations, and presents the basic mathematical theories that have been advanced to describe pressure behavior in heterogeneous rock. Covers a wide variety of heterogeneities, including: lateral permeability variation, vertical stratification, and natural fractures. Also discusses sealing faults, interbedded shales, sand pinch-outs, and finite drainage areas. The influence of gas-oil and water-oil contacts within well drainage areas on the pressure performance. Actual text data are used to illustrate theoretical developments.

Pressure Transient Formation and Well Testing

Author : Fikri J. Kuchuk
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 008093174X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Pressure Transient Formation and Well Testing by : Fikri J. Kuchuk

Download or read book Pressure Transient Formation and Well Testing written by Fikri J. Kuchuk and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-08-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference presents a comprehensive description of flow through porous media and solutions to pressure diffusion problems in homogenous, layered, and heterogeneous reservoirs. It covers the fundamentals of interpretation techniques for formation tester pressure gradients, and pretests, multiprobe and packer pressure transient tests, including derivative, convolution, and pressure-rate and pressure-pressure deconvolution. Emphasis is placed on the maximum likelihood method that enables one to estimate error variances in pressure data along with the unknown formation parameters. - Serves as a training manual for geologists, petrophysicists, and reservoir engineers on formation and pressure transient testing - Offers interpretation techniques for immediate application in the field - Provides detailed coverage of pretests, multiprobe and packer pressure transient tests, including derivative, convolution, and pressure-rate and pressure-pressure deconvolution

Well Test Analysis for Multilayered Reservoirs with Formation Crossflow

Author : Hedong Sun
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0128128542
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Well Test Analysis for Multilayered Reservoirs with Formation Crossflow by : Hedong Sun

Download or read book Well Test Analysis for Multilayered Reservoirs with Formation Crossflow written by Hedong Sun and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well Test Analysis for Multilayered Reservoirs with Formation Crossflow introduces the fundamentals of well test analysis of a multilayered reservoir with formation crossflow. The effects of reservoir parameters on wellbore pressure and flow rate are examined, as is a proper method that has been established to analyze well test data that leads to better determinations on the reservoir parameters for each layer of the reservoir. Focusing on multilayer models for data analysis, this reference explains the reasons for the existence of single-phase crossflow in multilayer reservoirs, exploring methods to establish them and presenting practical applications to utilize and implement for today's more complex reservoirs. Aiding in better well testing operations and models, this book is a one-stop solution for today's reservoir and production engineer, helping them understand every layer of their reservoir. - Includes real-world examples of well testing through multilayered reservoirs, whether with crossflow or with formation crossflow - Provides strong guidance and criteria of research on reservoir dynamic performance, such as physical models and mathematical models - Includes a new unsteady crossflow model for vertical interference testing in low-permeability zones - Describes interpretation methods for different cases in multilayer reservoirs, including a new model called semipermeable walls for stratified reservoirs, drawdown test procedures and layer-by-layer test procedures that are useful for shales between layers

Novel, Integrated and Revolutionary Well Test Interpretation and Analysis

Author : Freddy Escobar
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1789848504
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (898 download)

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Book Synopsis Novel, Integrated and Revolutionary Well Test Interpretation and Analysis by : Freddy Escobar

Download or read book Novel, Integrated and Revolutionary Well Test Interpretation and Analysis written by Freddy Escobar and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The TDS technique is a practical, easy, and powerful tool for well test interpretation. It uses characteristic features and points found on the pressure derivative versus time plot, so that reservoir parameters can be easily calculated by using several analytic expressions. Most calculations can be verified more than once and applied to systems where the conventional straight-line method has no applications. This book deals with well tests run in elongated systems, partially completed/penetrated wells, multirate tests, hydraulically fractured wells, interference tests, and naturally fractured reservoirs. This technique is used in all commercial well-testing software. Its use is the panacea for well test interpretation and can also be extended to rate-transient analysis, although not shown here.

Long-term Pump Test Performance of a Deep Horizontal Well in a Highly Heterogeneous Formation

Author : Angela M. Luckie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (383 download)

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Book Synopsis Long-term Pump Test Performance of a Deep Horizontal Well in a Highly Heterogeneous Formation by : Angela M. Luckie

Download or read book Long-term Pump Test Performance of a Deep Horizontal Well in a Highly Heterogeneous Formation written by Angela M. Luckie and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dynamic Well Testing in Petroleum Exploration and Development

Author : Huinong Zhuang
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128191627
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Dynamic Well Testing in Petroleum Exploration and Development by : Huinong Zhuang

Download or read book Dynamic Well Testing in Petroleum Exploration and Development written by Huinong Zhuang and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamic Well Testing in Petroleum Exploration and Development, Second Edition, describes the process of obtaining information about a reservoir through examining and analyzing the pressure-transient response caused by a change in production rate. The book provides the reader with modern petroleum exploration and well testing interpretation methods, including their basic theory and graph analysis. It emphasizes their applications to tested wells and reservoirs during the whole process of exploration and development under special geological and development conditions in oil and gas fields, taking reservoir research and performance analysis to a new level. This distinctive approach features extensive analysis and application of many pressure data plots acquired from well testing in China through advanced interpretation software that can be tailored to specific reservoir environments. Presents the latest research results of conventional and unconventional gas field dynamic well testing Focuses on advances in gas field dynamic well testing, including well testing techniques, well test interpretation models and theoretical developments Includes more than 100 case studies and 250 illustrations-many in full color-that aid in the retention of key concepts

Oil Well Testing Handbook

Author : Amanat Chaudhry
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080479790
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Oil Well Testing Handbook by : Amanat Chaudhry

Download or read book Oil Well Testing Handbook written by Amanat Chaudhry and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-01-24 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil Well Testing Handbook is a valuable addition to any reservoir engineer's library, containing the basics of well testing methods as well as all of the latest developments in the field. Not only are "evergreen" subjects, such as layered reservoirs, naturally fractured reservoirs, and wellbore effects, covered in depth, but newer developments, such as well testing for horizontal wells, are covered in full chapters. - Covers real-life examples and cases - The most up-to-date information on oil well testing available - The perfect reference for the engineer or textbook for the petroleum engineering student

Dispersion in Heterogeneous Geological Formations

Author : Brian Berkowitz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401712786
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Dispersion in Heterogeneous Geological Formations by : Brian Berkowitz

Download or read book Dispersion in Heterogeneous Geological Formations written by Brian Berkowitz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of many years of intensive study, our current abilities to quantify and predict contaminant migration in natural geological formations remain severely limited. The heterogeneity of these formations over a wide range of scales necessitates consideration of sophisticated transport theories. The evolution of such theories has escalated to the point that a review of the subject seems timely. While conceptual and mathematical developments were crucial to the introduction of these new approaches, there are now too many publications that contain theoretical abstractions without regard to real systems, or incremental improvements to existing theories which are known not to be applicable. This volume brings together articles representing a broad spectrum of state-of-the-art approaches for characterization and quantification of contaminant dispersion in heterogeneous porous media. Audience: The contributions are intended to be as accessible as possible to a wide readership of academics and professionals with diverse backgrounds such as earth sciences, subsurface hydrology, petroleum engineering, and soil physics.

Water Well and Aquifer Test Analysis

Author : Phil Hall
Publisher : Water Resources Publication
ISBN 13 : 9780918334930
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Water Well and Aquifer Test Analysis written by Phil Hall and published by Water Resources Publication. This book was released on 1996 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309049962
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-08-27 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific understanding of fluid flow in rock fracturesâ€"a process underlying contemporary earth science problems from the search for petroleum to the controversy over nuclear waste storageâ€"has grown significantly in the past 20 years. This volume presents a comprehensive report on the state of the field, with an interdisciplinary viewpoint, case studies of fracture sites, illustrations, conclusions, and research recommendations. The book addresses these questions: How can fractures that are significant hydraulic conductors be identified, located, and characterized? How do flow and transport occur in fracture systems? How can changes in fracture systems be predicted and controlled? Among other topics, the committee provides a geomechanical understanding of fracture formation, reviews methods for detecting subsurface fractures, and looks at the use of hydraulic and tracer tests to investigate fluid flow. The volume examines the state of conceptual and mathematical modeling, and it provides a useful framework for understanding the complexity of fracture changes that occur during fluid pumping and other engineering practices. With a practical and multidisciplinary outlook, this volume will be welcomed by geologists, petroleum geologists, geoengineers, geophysicists, hydrologists, researchers, educators and students in these fields, and public officials involved in geological projects.

Gas Well Testing Handbook

Author : Amanat Chaudhry
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0080523722
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Gas Well Testing Handbook written by Amanat Chaudhry and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2003-09-24 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gas Well Testing Handbook deals exclusively with theory and practice of gas well testing, pressure transient analysis techniques, and analytical methods required to interpret well behavior in a given reservoir and evaluate reservoir quality, simulation efforts, and forecast producing capacity. A highly practical edition, this book is written for graduate students, reservoir/simulation engineers, technologists, geologists, geophysicists, and technical managers. The author draws from his extensive experience in reservoir/simulation, well testing, PVT analysis basics, and production operations from around the world and provides the reader with a thorough understanding of gas well test analysis basics. The main emphasis is on practical field application, where over 100 field examples are resented to illustrate basic methods for analysis. Simple solutions to the diffusivity equation are discussed and their physical meanings examined. Each chapter focuses in how to use the information gained in well testing to make engineering and economic decisions, and an overview of the current research models and their equations are discussed in relation to gas wells, homogenous, heterogeneous, naturally and hydraulically fractured reservoirs. - Handy, portable reference with thousands of equations and procedures - There is currently no other reference or handbook on the market that focuses only on gas well testing - Offers "one stop shopping" for the drilling and reservoir engineer on gas well testing issues

The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests

Author : James Johnson Butler, Jr.
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000727505
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests by : James Johnson Butler, Jr.

Download or read book The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests written by James Johnson Butler, Jr. and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The slug test can provide valuable information for hydrogeologic investigations ranging from assessments of sites of groundwater contamination to the monitoring of well deterioration through time. Inappropriate procedures in one or more phases of a test program, however, can introduce considerable error into the resulting parameter estimates. The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests, Second Edition remedies that problem by explaining virtually all there is to know regarding the design, performance, and analysis of slug tests. The first edition has become the standard reference for all aspects of slug tests; this revised edition updates the earlier material and expands the topical coverage with new developments that have come to the fore in the intervening years between editions. Features: Describes and demonstrates the eight key steps for the performance and analysis of slug tests Presents new methods for the analysis of tests in unconfined aquifers and in highly permeable settings Expands topical coverage of LNAPL baildown tests and slug tests in small diameter wells Includes numerous flow charts that illustrate easy-to-use strategies for selection of analysis methods, and field examples demonstrate how each method should be used to get the most out of test data Offers straightforward practical guidelines that summarize the major points of each chapter Written for practicing groundwater consultants and engineers, The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests, Second Edition will enable readers to get more reliable information from slug tests and increase the utility of this widely-used field method.

Well Test Analysis

Author : Dominique Bourdet
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080543774
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Well Test Analysis written by Dominique Bourdet and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-08-21 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on well test analysis, and the use of advanced interpretation models is volume 3 in the series Handbook of Petroleum Exploration and Production.The chapters in the book are: Principles of Transient Testing, Analysis Methods, Wellbore Conditions, Effect of Reservoir Heterogeneities on Well Responses, Effect of Reservoir Boundaries on Well Responses, Multiple Well Testing, Application to Gas Reservoirs, Application to Multiphase Reservoirs, Special Tests, Practical Aspects of Well Test Interpretation.

Formation Testing

Author : Wilson C. Chin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118831144
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Formation Testing written by Wilson C. Chin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-14 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book available for the reservoir or petroleum engineer covering formation testing—with algorithms for wireline and LWD reservoir analysis developed for transient pressure, contamination modeling, permeability, and pore pressure prediction. Traditional well logging methods, such as resistivity, acoustic, nuclear, and NMR, provide indirect information relating to fluid and formation properties. However, the "formation tester" offered in wireline and MWD/LWD operations is different. It collects actual downhole fluid samples for surface analysis, and through pressure transient analysis, provides direct measurements for pore pressure, mobility, permeability, and anisotropy. These are vital to real-time drilling safety, geosteering, hydraulic fracturing, and economic analysis. Methods for formation testing analysis, while commercially important and accounting for a substantial part of service company profits, are shrouded in secrecy. Many are poorly constructed, and because details are not available, industry researchers are not able to improve on them. Formation Testing explains conventional models and develops new, more powerful algorithms for early-time analysis. More importantly, it addresses a critical area in sampling related to "time required to pump clean samples," using rigorous multiphase flow techniques. All of the methods are explained in complete detail. Equations are offered for users to incorporate in their own models, but, for those needing immediate answers, convenient, easy-to-use software is available. The lead author is a well-known petrophysicist with hands-on experience at Schlumberger, Halliburton, BP Exploration, and other companies. His work is used commercially at major oil service companies, and important extensions to his formation testing models have been supported by prestigious grants from the U.S. Department of Energy. His latest collaboration with China National Offshore Oil Corporation marks an important turning point, where advanced simulation models and hardware are evolving side-by-side, defining a new generation of formation testing logging instruments. Providing more than formulations and solutions, this book offers a close look at "behind the scenes" formation tester development, as the China National Offshore Oil Corporation opens up its research, engineering, and manufacturing facilities through a collection of never-before-seen photographs, showing how formation testing tools are developed from start to finish.

Imperial College Lectures In Petroleum Engineering, The - Volume 5: Fluid Flow In Porous Media

Author : Robert W Zimmerman
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1786345013
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Book Synopsis Imperial College Lectures In Petroleum Engineering, The - Volume 5: Fluid Flow In Porous Media by : Robert W Zimmerman

Download or read book Imperial College Lectures In Petroleum Engineering, The - Volume 5: Fluid Flow In Porous Media written by Robert W Zimmerman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents, in a self-contained form, the equations of fluid flow in porous media, with a focus on topics and issues that are relevant to petroleum reservoir engineering. No prior knowledge of the field is assumed on the part of the reader, and particular care is given to careful mathematical and conceptual development of the governing equations, and solutions for important reservoir flow problems. Fluid Flow in Porous Media starts with a discussion of permeability and Darcy's law, then moves on to a careful derivation of the pressure diffusion equation. Solutions are developed and discussed for flow to a vertical well in an infinite reservoir, in reservoirs containing faults, in bounded reservoirs, and to hydraulically fractured wells. Special topics such as the dual-porosity model for fractured reservoirs, and fluid flow in gas reservoirs, are also covered. The book includes twenty problems, along with detailed solutions.As part of the Imperial College Lectures in Petroleum Engineering, and based on a lecture series on the same topic, this book provides the introductory information needed for students of the petroleum engineering and hydrology.

Streamline Numerical Well Test Interpretation

Author : Yao Jun
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0123860288
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Streamline Numerical Well Test Interpretation written by Yao Jun and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conventional and modern well test interpretation methods are an important tool in the petroleum engineer's toolkit. Used in the exploration and discovery phase of a field, they are performed to determine the quality of a well or to permit estimation of producing rates at different producing pressures. However once a field enters the middle and later development phase, the reservoir flow environment grows increasingly complex and conventional or modern methods do not satisfy the needs of old field development and evaluation. Based on over 10 years of field and research experience, Streamline Numerical Well Test Interpretation Theory and Method provides an effective method for the determination of residual oil distribution for the middle and mature phases of a field. One of the most advanced books available, the author explains the development history of well test theory, analyzes the limitation of modern well test interpretation method, and proposes the concept and framework of numerical well test. This is quickly followed by an introduction of basic principles and solution procedures of streamline numerical simulation theory and method. The book then systematically applies streamline numerical well test interpretation models to a multitude of reservoir types, ranging from single layer reservoir to multi-layer reservoirs. The book presents multi-parameter streamline numerical well test automatic match interpretation method based on double-population genetic algorithm, which lays the foundation to fast automatic match of numerical well test. The book introduces streamline numerical well test interpretation software with independent intellectual property right which is programmed based on the above theoretical studies. - Single and muti-layer sandstone water flooding reservoirs - Multi-layer sandstone chemical flooding model and components - Explains the application of streamline numerical well test and software - Applies programmed software to 177 wells - Quickly calculate the distribution of pressure, saturation and streamline - Covers all kinds of numerical well test interpretation models - Avoid the disadvantages of conventional well test and numerical well test interpretation method - Complete tutorial on streamline numerical well test interpretation software

Reservoir Engineering in Modern Oilfields

Author : Wilson C. Chin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119284600
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Reservoir Engineering in Modern Oilfields written by Wilson C. Chin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real-world reservoirs are layered, heterogeneous and anisotropic, exposed to water and gas drives, faults, barriers and fractures. They are produced by systems of vertical, deviated, horizontal and multilateral wells whose locations, sizes, shapes and topologies are dictated "on the fly, at random"by petroleum engineers and drillers at well sites. Wells may be pressure or rate-constrained, with these roles re-assigned during simulation with older laterals shut-in, newer wells drilled and brought on stream, and so on. And all are subject to steady and transient production, each satisfying different physical and mathematical laws, making reservoir simulation an art difficult to master and introducing numerous barriers to entry. All of these important processes can now be simulated in any order using rapid, stable and accurate computational models developed over two decades. And what if it were further possible to sketch complicated geologies and lithologies, plus equally complex systems of general wells, layer-by-layer using Windows Notepad? And with no prior reservoir simulation experience and only passing exposure to reservoir engineering principles? Have the user press "Simulate," and literally, within minutes, produce complicated field-wide results, production forecasts, and detailed three-dimensional color pressure plots from integrated graphics algorithms? Developed over years of research, this possibility has become reality. The author, an M.I.T. trained scientist who has authored fifteen original research books, over a hundred papers and forty patents, winner of a prestigious British Petroleum Chairman's Innovation Award in reservoir engineering and a record five awards from the United States Department of Energy, has delivered just such a product, making real-time planning at the well-site simple and practical. Workflows developed from experience as a practicing reservoir engineer are incorporated into "intelligent menus" that make in-depth understanding of simulation principles and readings of user manuals unnecessary. This volume describes new technology for down-to-earth problems using numerous examples performed with our state-of-the-art simulator, one that is available separately at affordable cost and requiring only simple Intel Core i5 computers without specialized graphics boards. The new methods are rigorous, validated and well-documented and are now available for broad petroleum industry application.