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本教材由11個單元組成，分別為Introduction to Petroleum，Production Geology and Reservoir Characterization，Reservoir Rock Properties，Drilling and Completion，Performance of Oil Reservoirs，Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Methods，Well Stimulation，Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources，Health，Safety，and Environment，Energy Sources，Carbon Capture，Utilization，and Storage。書中提供了Extensive Reading Materials，可用於課後延伸閱讀。教材系統性較好、專業覆蓋面較廣，將石油工程專業基本知識與工程應用相結合，旨在提升學生對專業辭彙的掌握能力，幫助學生學會運用英文思維表達，達到跨文化背景下交流和溝通的目的。
本教材可供石油工程及相關專業的本科生、研究生閱讀使用，也可供油田現場的管理人員及專業技術人員培訓、學習時使用。
目錄
Unit 1 Introduction to Petroleum
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
1.2.1 Oil Reservoirs
1.2.2 Gas Reservoirs
1.3 Reservoir Fluid
1.3.1 Crude Oil
1.3.2 Natural Gas
Unit 2 Production Geology and Reservoir Characterization
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Role of the Production Geologist
2.2.1 The Early Production Phase
2.2.2 The Enhanced Reservoir Management Phase
2.2.3 The Near Abandonment Phase
2.2.4 Field Abandonment and Resurrection
2.3 Compartmentalization and Heterogeneity
2.3.1 Compartmentalization of Oil and Gas Reservoirs
2.3.2 Scales and Styles of Geologic Reservoir Heterogeneity
2.4 Applying Reservoir Characterization
Unit 3 Reservoir Rock Properties
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Porosity
3.3 Permeability
3.3.1 Relative Permeability
3.3.2 Relative Permeability Curves
3.3.3 Relationships between Porosity and Permeability
3.4 Reservoir Rock Capillary Properties
3.4.1 Wettability and Contact Angle
3.4.2 Interfacial Tension
3.4.3 Capillary Pressure
3.5 Saturation
Unit 4 Drilling and Completion
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Well Drilling
4.2.1 Rotary Drilling Rigs
4.2.2 Drilling Process
4.2.3 Types of Wells
4.3 Well Completion
4.3.1 Casing
4.3.2 Components of a Casing String
4.3.3 Completion Methods
Unit 5 Performance of Oil Reservoirs
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Primary Recovery Mechanisms
5.2.1 Rock and Liquid Expansion
5.2.2 Solution Gas Drive (Depletion Drive)
5.2.3 Gas Cap Drive
5.2.4 Water Drive
5.2.5 Gravity Drainage Drive
5.3 Secondary Recovery Mechanisms
Unit 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Methods
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Thermal Flooding
6.2.1 Cyclic Steam Stimulation
6.2.2 Steam Flooding (Steam Drive)
6.2.3 Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage
6.2.4 In Situ Combustion or "Fireflooding"
6.3 Chemical Flooding
6.3.1 Polymer Flooding
6.3.2 Alkaline Flooding
6.3.3 Micellar-Polymer Flooding
6.3.4 Surfactant Flooding
6.4 Miscible Flooding
6.4.1 Carbon Dioxide Flooding
6.4.2 Cyclic Carbon Dioxide Stimulation
6.5 Others
Unit 7 Well Stimulation
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Hydraulic Fracturing
7.2.1 Fracturing Fluid
7.2.2 Proppant
7.2.3 Process of Hydraulic Fracturing
7.2.4 Fracturing Equipment
7.3 Fracture Acidizing
7.4 Fracpack Treatments
Unit 8 Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Coalbed Methane (CBM)
8.3 Gas Hydrates
8.4 Shale Gas
8.5 Shale Oil
Unit 9 Health, Safety, and Environment
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Health and Safety
9.3 Land and Biodiversity
9.3.1 Pipeline Rights-of-Way
9.3.2 Downstream Facilities
9.3.3 Wildlife and Biodiversity
9.4 Water Resources
9.5 Marine Environment
9.6 Climate Change
Unit 10 Energy Sources
10.1 Introduction-Law of Conservation of Energy
10.2 World Energy Production and Consumption
10.3 Fossil fuels
10.4 Nuclear Energy
10.4.1 Nuclear Fission
10.4.2 Nuclear Fusion
10.5 Solar Energy
10.6 Hydropower
10.7
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