Everything about Reservoir engineering
Branch of petroleum engineering
Reservoir engineering is a branch of petroleum engineering that applies scientific principles to the fluid flow through a porous medium during the development and production of oil and gas reservoirs so as to obtain a high economic recovery. The working tools of the reservoir engineer are subsurface geology, applied mathematics, and the basic laws of physics and chemistry governing the behavior of liquid and vapor phases of crude oil, natural gas, and water in reservoir rock. Of particular interest to reservoir engineers is generating accurate reserves estimates for use in financial reporting to the SEC and other regulatory bodies. Other job responsibilities include numerical reservoir modeling, production forecasting, well testing, well drilling and workover planning, economic modeling, and PVT analysis of reservoir fluids. Reservoir engineers also play a critical role in field development planning, recommending appropriate and cost-effective reservoir depletion schemes such as waterflooding or gas injection to maximize hydrocarbon recovery. Due to legislative changes in many hydrocarbon-producing countries, they are also involved in the design and implementation of carbon sequestration projects in order to minimise the emission of greenhouse gases. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Reservoir engineeringA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Toward underground hydrogen storage in porous media: Reservoir engineering insightsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Fundamentals of wastewater treatment and engineeringThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Reservoir-on-a-Chip (ROC): A new paradigm in reservoir engineeringCited 200 times
- Go sideways: Reservoir simulationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Petroleum engineeringA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Reservoir-on-a-Chip (ROC): A new paradigm in reservoir engineering
Quantum-Limited Amplification via Reservoir Engineering
Streamline Simulation for Modern Reservoir-Engineering Workflows
Reservoir geochemistry — A reservoir engineering perspective
Persistent currents by reservoir engineering
Enhanced output entanglement with reservoir engineering
Radon in geothermal reservoir engineering
Putting Error Bars on Reservoir Engineering Forecasts
🆕 Influential since 2022
Toward underground hydrogen storage in porous media: Reservoir engineering insights
A Review of Proxy Modeling Highlighting Applications for Reservoir Engineering
Machine Learning in Reservoir Engineering: A Review
Accelerating reservoir production optimization by combining reservoir engineering method with particle swarm optimization algorithm
Superoptimal charging of quantum batteries via reservoir engineering: Arbitrary energy transfer unlocked
📚 Books worth reading
Fundamentals of wastewater treatment and engineeringRumana Riffat · 2012
Applied hydrodynamicsHubert Chanson · 2009
Petroleum reservoir rock and fluid propertiesAbhijit Y. Dandekar · 2006
Reservoir formation damageFaruk Civan · 2000
Carbonate Reservoir CharacterizationF. Jerry Lucia · 1998
Small DamsBarry Lewis · 2013- 📕Advanced Petroleum Reservoir SimulationShabbir Mustafiz, Jamal H. Abou-Kassem · 2010
Reservoir engineering manualFrank W. Cole · 1961
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