Oil Recovery in Shale and Tight Reservoirs delivers a current, state-of-the-art resource for engineers trying to manage unconventional hydrocarbon resources. Going beyond the traditional EOR methods, this book helps readers solve key challenges on the proper methods, technologies and options available. Engineers and researchers will find a systematic list of methods and applications, including gas and water injection, methods to improve liquid recovery, as well as spontaneous and forced imbibition. Rounding out with additional methods, such as air foam drive and energized fluids, this book gives engineers the knowledge they need to tackle the most complex oil and gas assets.
1. Chapter One. Introduction to shale and tight reservoirs - p. 1 2. Chapter Two. Huff-n-puff gas injection in oil reservoirs - p. 7 3. Chapter Three. Asphaltene precipitation and deposition in a huff-n-puff process - p. 61 4. Chapter Four. Huff-n-puff injection in shale gas condensate reservoirs - p. 81 5. Chapter Five. Optimization of huff-n-puff gas injection in shale and tight oil reservoirs - p. 117 6. Chapter Six. Gas flooding compared with huff-n-puff gas injection - p. 133 7. Chapter Seven. Water injection - p. 151 8. Chapter Eight. Fluid-rock interactions - p. 173 9. Chapter Nine. EOR mechanisms of wettability alteration and its comparison with IFT - p. 213 10. 9.1. Introduction - p. 213 11. 9.2. Mechanisms of interfacial tension (IFT) reduction - p. 214 12. 9.3. Mechanisms of wettability alteration on oil recovery - p. 217 13. 9.4. Mathematical treatments of wettability alteration and IFT effect - p. 220 14. 9.5. IFT reduction versus wettability alteration - p. 226 15. 9.6. Specific surfactant EOR mechanisms related to shale and tight formations - p. 236 16. 9.7. Surfactant selection for wettability alteration - p. 242 17. 9.8. Determination of wettability - p. 253 18. 9.9. Conversion of wetting angles - p. 276 19. 9.10. More on wettability of shale and tight formations - p. 277 20. Chapter Ten. Spontaneous imbibition - p. 279 21. Chapter Eleven. Forced imbibition - p. 309 22. Chapter Twelve. Fracturing fluid flow back - p. 339 23. Chapter Thirteen. Air injection - p. 401 24. Chapter Fourteen. Other enhanced oil recovery methods - p. 457 25. Nomenclature - p. 469 26. References - p. 475 27. Index - p. 513
Oil Recovery in Shale and Tight Reservoirs delivers a current, state-of-the-art resource for engineers trying to manage unconventional hydrocarbon resources. Going beyond the traditional EOR methods, this book helps readers solve key challenges on the proper methods, technologies and options available. Engineers and researchers will find a systematic list of methods and applications, including gas and water injection, methods to improve liquid recovery, as well as spontaneous and forced imbibition. Rounding out with additional methods, such as air foam drive and energized fluids, this book gives engineers the knowledge they need to tackle the most complex oil and gas assets.
1. Chapter One. Introduction to shale and tight reservoirs - p. 1 2. Chapter Two. Huff-n-puff gas injection in oil reservoirs - p. 7 3. Chapter Three. Asphaltene precipitation and deposition in a huff-n-puff process - p. 61 4. Chapter Four. Huff-n-puff injection in shale gas condensate reservoirs - p. 81 5. Chapter Five. Optimization of huff-n-puff gas injection in shale and tight oil reservoirs - p. 117 6. Chapter Six. Gas flooding compared with huff-n-puff gas injection - p. 133 7. Chapter Seven. Water injection - p. 151 8. Chapter Eight. Fluid-rock interactions - p. 173 9. Chapter Nine. EOR mechanisms of wettability alteration and its comparison with IFT - p. 213 10. 9.1. Introduction - p. 213 11. 9.2. Mechanisms of interfacial tension (IFT) reduction - p. 214 12. 9.3. Mechanisms of wettability alteration on oil recovery - p. 217 13. 9.4. Mathematical treatments of wettability alteration and IFT effect - p. 220 14. 9.5. IFT reduction versus wettability alteration - p. 226 15. 9.6. Specific surfactant EOR mechanisms related to shale and tight formations - p. 236 16. 9.7. Surfactant selection for wettability alteration - p. 242 17. 9.8. Determination of wettability - p. 253 18. 9.9. Conversion of wetting angles - p. 276 19. 9.10. More on wettability of shale and tight formations - p. 277 20. Chapter Ten. Spontaneous imbibition - p. 279 21. Chapter Eleven. Forced imbibition - p. 309 22. Chapter Twelve. Fracturing fluid flow back - p. 339 23. Chapter Thirteen. Air injection - p. 401 24. Chapter Fourteen. Other enhanced oil recovery methods - p. 457 25. Nomenclature - p. 469 26. References - p. 475 27. Index - p. 513
