CHAPTER 1 PROPERTIES OF RESERVOIR FLUIDS

　SECTION 1　PHASE BEHAVIOR OF HYDROCARBON SYSTEM

　　1　Chemical Composition, Commercial Properties of Petroleum and Its Classification

　　2　Basic Concepts in Study of Phase Behavior

　　3　Phase Diagram of One-, Two- and Muhicomponent System

　　4　Phase Diagrams of Several Typical Oil/Gas Reservoirs

　SECTION 2　SOLUTION AND SEPARATION PROCESS IN A GAS-OIL SYSTEM

　　1　Solubility of Gas in Oil

　　2　Equilibrium Relations

　　3　Separation of Oil and Gas

　SECTION 3　PROPERTIES OF NATURAL GAS

　　1　Composition, Apparent Molecular Weight and Specific Gravity of Natural Gas

　　2　Equations of State

　　3　The Coefficient of Isothermal Compressibility of Gas

　　4　Gas Formation Volume Factor and Expansion Factor

　　5　Viscosity of Natural Gas

　　6　Other Equations of State for Real Gases

　　7　Gas Hydrate

　SECTION 4　PROPERTIES OF CRUDE OILS

　　1　Solution Gas-oil Ratio

　　2　Formation Volume Factor and Shrinkage Factor of Oil

　　3　Crude Oil Density and Specific Gravity

　　4　The Coefficient of Isothermal Compressibility of Oil

　　5　Viscosity of Oil

　　6　Properties of Crude Oil Correlations

　　7　PVT Test of Reservoir Oil

　SECTION 5　PROPERTIES OF OILFIELD WATER

　　1　Composition of Oilfield Water

　　2　Classification of Oilfield Water

　　3　PVT Properties of Oilfield Water

　EXERCISES

　QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

CHAPTER 2 PROPERTIES OF RESERVOIR ROCKS

　SECTION 1　PROPERTIES OF ROCK MATRIX

　　1　Granulometric Composition of Sandstone

　　2　Specific Surface Area

　SECTION 2　POROSITY OF RESERVOIR ROCKS

　　1　Classification of Pores

　　2　Definition for Porosity

　　3　Classification of Porosity and Its Evaluation

　　4　Factors Affecting Porosity

　　5　Determination of Porosity

　　6　Compressibility of Porous Rocks

　SECTION 3　PERMEABILITY OF RESERVOIR ROCKS

　　1　Darcy's Law

　　2　Gas Permeability

　　3　Factors Affecting Permeability

　　4　Evaluation of Permeability

　　5　Measurement of Permeability

　　6　Permeabilities for Heterogeneous Formations

　SECTION 4　FLUID SATURATION

　　1　Definition of Fluid Saturation

　　2　Interstitial Water and Residual Oil

　　3　Methods of Determining Fluid Saturation

　SECTION 5　CEMENTING MATERIALS AND TYPES OF CEMENTATION IN

　　RESERVOIR ROCKS

　　1　Clay Cement

　　2　Carbonate Cement

　　3　Sulphate Cement

　　4　Type of Cementation

　SECTION 6 CAPILLARY TUBE MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION

　　1　Derivation of Poiseuille' s Equation

　　2　Capillary Tube Model

　　3　Correlations between Porosity, Permeability and Specific Surface Area

　SECTION 7　OTHER PROPERTIES OF RESERVOIR ROCKS

　　1　Thermal Properties

　　2　Electrical Properties of Reservoir Rocks

　　3　Acoustic Properties of Reservoir Rocks

　EXERCISES

　QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

CHAPTER 3 PROPERTIES OF POROUS MEDIUM CONTAINING

　　MULTIPLE FLUIDS

　SECTION 1　INTERFACIAL TENSION

　　1　Interracial Energy

　　2　Specific Interracial Energy and Interracial Tension

　　3　Adsorption

　SECTION 2　WETTABILITY OF RESERVOIR ROCK AND DISTRIBUTION OF OIL

　　AND WATER IN PORES

　　1　Wettability

　　2　Wettability of Reservoir Rock and Its Influencing Factors

　　3　Wetting Hysteresis

　　4　Determination of Wettability

　　5　Fluid Distributions in the Pores

　SECTION 3　CAPILLARY PRESSURE

　　1　Rise of Fluids in Capillary Tubes

　　2　Additional Pressure Of Arbitrary Curvature

　　3　Methods of Measuring Capillary Pressure Curve

　　4　Interpretation of Capillary Pressure Curves

　　5　Utilization of Capillary Pressure CreaTes

　　6　Averaging Capillary-pressure Data

　SECTION 4　RELATIVE PERMEABILITY

　　1　Definitions of Absolute, Effective and Relative Permeabilities

　　2　Relative Permeability Curves

　　3　Factors Affecting Relative Permeability

　　4　Determination of Relative Permeability Curve

　　5　Use of Relative Permeability Data

　EXERCISES

　QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

CHAPTER 4　FUNDAMENTALS OF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

　SECTION 1　OIL RECOVERY AND ITS AFFECTING FACTORS

　　1　Primary Recovery, Secondary Recovery and Tertiary Recovery

　　2　Types of Oil Reservoir Drive and Oil Recoveries

　　3　Sweep Efficiency and Displacement Efficiency

　　4　Factors Influencing Recovery

　SECTION 2　ENHANCED RECOVERY METHODS

　　1　Chemical Processes

　　2　Thermal Processes

　　3　Miscible Displacement Processes

　QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

VOCABULARY

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