Reservoir Engineering Handbook

Reorganized for easy use, Reservoir Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition provides an up-to-date reference to the tools, techniques, and science for predicting oil reservoir performance even in the most difficult fields.

Topics covered in the handbook include:

• Processes to enhance production


• Well modification to maximize oil and gas recovery


• Completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, and well surveys

Reservoir Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition provides solid information and insight for engineers and students alike on maximizing production from a field in order to obtain the best possible economic return. With this handbook, professionals will find a valuable reference for understanding the key relationships among the different operating variables. Examples contained in this reference demonstrate the performance of processes under forceful conditions through a wide variety of applications.

• Fundamental for the advancement of reservoir engineering concepts

• Step-by-step field performance calculations

• Easy to understand analysis of oil recovery mechanisms

• Step-by-step analysis of oil recovery mechanisms

• New chapter on fractured reservoirs

Tarek Ahmed, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior Staff Advisor with Anadarko Petroleum Copr. Before joining Anadarko in 2002 Dr. Ahmed served as professor and chairman of the petroleum engineering department at Montana Tech, a college of the University of Montana in Butte. He also holds a chair endowed by Union Pacific. Tarek is also the author of our highly successful Reservoir Engineering Handbook.