Short description
Although primary hydrocarbon recovery is the easiest method the very fact that a whole book can be written about it proves that is neither simple nor easy. The authors intend this as an undergraduate textbook that introduces the primary methods of extracting hydrocarbons.
Long description
This reservoir-engineering textbook is a contemporary analysis of primary recovery. It covers rock and fluid properties, reservoir energies, surface separation, laboratory PVT methods, material balance, fluid flow, well deliverability, water influx, reservoir performance, and decline-curve analysis. Using an unified approach, the text includes the full range of reservoir fluids: black oils, volatile oils, gas condensates, wet gases, and dry gases. It also covers the entire range of producing mechanisms, including gas-cap, water-drive, and compaction-drive reservoirs.