Fundamentals of Petrophysics [Hardcover]

In this book, the fundamental knowledge involved in petroleum & gas development engineering, such as physical and chemical phenomena, physical processes and the relationship between physical factors is covered. It is arranged into 3 Sections. Section 1 including chapter 1-4 is to introduce the properties of fluids (gases, hydrocarbon liquids, and aqueous solutions). Section II including Chapter 5-7 is to introduce the porous rock properties of reservoir rocks. Section III including Chapter 8-10 is to introduce the mechanism of multiphase fluid flow in porous medium. The book is written primarily to serve?professionals working in the?petroleum engineering field. It can also be used as reference book for postgraduate and undergraduate students as well for the related oil fields in petroleum geology, oil production engineering, reservoir engineering and enhancing oil recovery.Chemical Composition and Properties of Reservoir Fluids.- Natural Gas Physical Properties under High Pressure.- Phase State of Reservoir Hydrocarbons and Gas-Liquid Equilibrium.- Physical Properties of Reservoir Fluids under Reservoir Conditions.- Porosity of Reservoir Porous Medium.- Permeability of Reservoir Rocks.- Other Physical Properties of Reservoir Rocks.- Interfacial Phenomena and Wettability of Reservoir Rocks.- Capillary Pressure and Capillary Pressure Curve.- Multiphase Flow through Porous Medium and Relative Permeability Curve.Shenglai YANG is the Senior Professor of Petroleum Engineering at China University of Petroleum, Beijing. He received his B.Sc. (July 1982) degree from Taiyuan University of Technology, China, M.Sc. (May 1987) degrees from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, and Ph.D. degree (July 1996) from China University of Mining and Technology. He finished his Postdoctoral work (Dec. 1998) in China University of Petroleum, Beijing, in petroleum engineering.

He taught several courses including petro-physics, reservoir engineering, natural gas enlsj