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This title 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.
This book provides a clear and basic understanding of the concept
of reservoir engineering to professionals and students in the oil
and gas industry. The content contains detailed explanations of key
theoretic and mathematical concepts and provides readers with the
logical ability to approach the various challenges encountered in
daily reservoir/field operations for effective reservoir
management. Chapters are fully illustrated and contain numerous
calculations involving the estimation of hydrocarbon volume
in-place, current and abandonment reserves, aquifer models and
properties for a particular reservoir/field, the type of energy in
the system and evaluation of the strength of the aquifer if
present. The book is written in oil field units with detailed
solved examples and exercises to enhance practical application. It
is useful as a professional reference and for students who are
taking applied and advanced reservoir engineering courses in
reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery and well test analysis.
This book addresses the hazard of gas explosions in sealed
underground coal mines, and how the risk of explosion can be
assessed, modeled, and mitigated. With this text, coal mine
operators and managers will be able to identify the risks that lead
to underground mine gas explosions, and implement practical
strategies to optimize mining safety for workers. In six chapters,
the book offers a framework for understanding the sealed coal mine
atmosphere, the safety characteristics that are currently in place,
and the guidelines to be followed by engineers to improve upon
these characteristics. The first part of the book describes the
importance and characteristics of underground gas mine explosions
in a historical context with data showing the high number of
fatalities from explosion incidents, and how risk has been
mitigated in the past. Chapters also detail mathematical models and
explosibility diagrams for determining and understanding the risk
factors involved in mine explosions. Readers will also learn about
safety operations, and assessments for the sealed mine atmosphere.
With descriptions of chapter case studies, mining engineers and
researchers will learn how to apply safety measures in underground
coal mines to improve mining atmospheres and save lives.
Bio-Geotechnologies for Mine Site Rehabilitation deals with the
biological, physical, chemical, and engineering approaches
necessary for the reclamation of mine waste. As mining has negative
effects on natural resources and deteriorates the quality of the
surrounding environment, this book provides coverage across
different types of mining industries, which are currently creating
industrial deserts overloaded with technogenic waste. The book
offers cost-effective strategies and approaches for contaminated
sites, along with remediation and rehabilitation methods for
contaminated soils and waste dumps. It is an essential resource for
students and academics, but is also ideal for applied professionals
in environmental geology, mineral geologists, biotechnologists and
policymakers.
Advances in Coal Mine Ground Control is a comprehensive text
covering all recent advances in coal mine ground control, the most
advanced subsystem of the rapidly advancing coal mining systems.
This complete resource is written by Professor Syd Peng who,
alongside leading experts from the world's major coal producing
countries, has contributed extensively to the understanding of
subsidence from underground coal mining, longwall operations and
ground control in underground mines. Syd and the team of
contributors bring together key advances from the past decade into
one comprehensive resource that is accessible to all those
studying, researching and working in the mining industry. This book
is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate students of
mining engineering and related programs, and a must-have reference
for mining, civil and geotechnical engineers.
This empirical study provides an introduction to the dynamics of
regulatory federalism and is the first book to focus on the major
surface mining regulations. A broad spectrum of contributors, most
with first-hand experience, describe the forces that have shaped
the implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act since 1972. They offer varying perspectives for understanding
interest group conflicts, technological and market considerations,
intergovernmental procedures and problems. They describe the forces
shaping the policy implementation process at the federal, state,
and local level. This case study is intended for political
scientists, public administrators, citizen activists and experts,
historians, and students dealing with mining and regulatory
policy.
The edited collection opens with an overview of policy formation
and implementation in the United States, drawing upon theoretical
studies of pluralism, federalism, interest group politics, and
intergovernmental dynamics. The case study defines the legislative
and administrative history of surface mining regulation; the impact
of interest groups, courts, and the states on the implementation of
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; the influence of
the coal industry and of environmental interests, federal and state
relations, and the intergovernmental process.
This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 2nd
International Petroleum and Petrochemical Technology Conference
(IPPTC 2018). The work focuses on petroleum & petrochemical
technologies and practical challenges in the field. It creates a
platform to bridge the knowledge gap between China and the world.
The conference not only provides a platform to exchanges experience
but also promotes the development of scientific research in
petroleum & petrochemical technologies. The book will benefit a
broad readership, including industry experts, researchers,
educators, senior engineers and managers.
The mining sector is of major importance to the economy of Chile.
Although dominated by copper - Chile is the world's leading
producer - its production of potassium and sodium nitrate, gold,
silver, rhenium, lithium iodine, molybdenum, boron and selenium,
for example, is significant. Prominent representatives of the
international minerals industry have contributed the papers that
appear in Mining Latin America/Mineria Latinoamericana, the volume
that lends its name to the conference organized by the Institution
of Mining and Metallurgy, in association with the Instituto de
Ingenieros de Minas de Chile, the Sociedad Nacional de Mineria
Chilena and Latinomineria being held in Santiago de Chile in May,
1994. This book should be of interest to mining engineers,
geotechnical engineers, geologists, and mineralogists.
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