As in the first revision, the authors have tried to retain the flavor and format of the original text. The text contains many of the field examples that made the original text and the second edition so popular.
The third edition features an introduction to key terms in reservoir engineering. This introduction has been designed to aid those without prior exposure to petroleum engineering to quickly become familiar with the concepts and vocabulary used throughout the book and in industry. In addition, a more extensive glossary and index has been included. The text has been updated to reflect modern industrial practice, with major revisions occurring in the sections regarding gas condensate reservoirs, waterflooding, and enhanced oil recovery. The history matching examples throughout the text and culminating in the final chapter have been revised, using Microsoft Excel with VBA as the primary computational tool.
The purpose of this book has been, and continues to be, to prepare engineering students and practitioners to understand and work in petroleum reservoir engineering. The book begins with an introduction to key terms and an introduction to the history of reservoir engineering. The material balance approach to reservoir engineering is covered in detail and is applied in turn to each of four types of reservoirs. The latter half of the book covers the principles of fluid flow, water influx, and advanced recovery techniques. The last chapter of the book brings together the key topics in a history matching exercise that requires matching the production of wells and predicting the future production from those wells.
In short, the book has been updated to reflect current practices and technology and is more reader friendly, with introductions to vocabulary and concepts as well as examples using Microsoft Excel with VBA as the computational tool.
—Ronald E. Terry and J. Brandon Rogers