Advanced Production Decline Analysis and Application

Hedong Sun, PhD, SPE member, born in 1973, professional senior engineer, earned his PhD degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2004. Since 2004, he has been a Research Engineer in Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development of Petrochina. He has about 25 years of reservoir engineering experience with a focus on well test analysis and production data analysis. He has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and SPE conferences. He is an author of 4 books published by Elsevier, including Advanced Production Decline Analysis and Application, Well Test Analysis for Multilayered Reservoir with Formation Crossflow, Dynamic Well Testing in Petroleum Exploration and Development, among others.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 Fundamentals of Advanced Production Decline Analysis Chapter 2 ARPS Decline Curves AnalysisChapter 3 Fetkovich Decline Curves Analysis Chapter 4 Blasingame Decline Curves AnalysisChapter 5 Agarwal-Gardner Decline Curves Analysis Chapter 6 NPI Decline Curves Analysis Chapter 7 Transient Decline Curves Analysis Chapter 8 Decline Curves Analysis OF Long Linear FlowChapter 9 Dynamic Material Balance Method Chapter 10 Decline Curves Analysis OF Horizontal WellsChapter 11 Decline Curves OF Complex Reservoir Chapter 12 Methodology and Cases for Decline Curves Analysis Appendix 1 Nomenclature (With China Statutory Units CSU) Appendix 2 Commonly Used Units in Different Unit SystemsAppendix 3 Unit Conversions from China Statutory Units to Other Unit Systems Appendix 4 Formulaw Commonly Used in the Main Text (With China Statutory Units CSU) Appendix 5 Late Time Solution for a Well in a Two-Region Composite Reservior with a Closed Outer Boundary Appendix 6 Late Time Solution for a Well in a Two-Layer Commingled Reservior with a Closed Outer Boundary  References Index