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What is a reservoir?
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A reservoir is formed of one (or more) subsurface rock formations containing liquid and/or gas hydrocarbons. The reservoir rock is porous, permeable and the structure is bounded by impermeable barriers or sometimes by aquifer barriers which trap the hydrocarbons.
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What is Reservoir Engineering?
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The art of developing and producing oil and gas fields in such a manner as to obtain a high economic recovery.
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What is Asset Management?
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The management of a reservoir.
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What is the life of a Reservoir or Asset?
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Exploration
Appraisal Design Production Optimization Abandonment |
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What is the goal of a seismic survey?
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to obtain a structural image of the geological layers
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What is a reservoir?
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* Structure
* Porous permeable rock * Fluid bearing |
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Lacustrine
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deposits that are laid down in a lake
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Paludal or lagoonal
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deposits that are laid down in swamps, marshes or lagoons
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Afluvial or fluvial
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source beds that are deposited by streams in their channels and on nearby flood plains or fans
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Deltaic
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a type of alluvial sediment that is the result of the reduction in velocity and transporting ability of a stream, generally at the point where the stream enters a body of standing water; commonly triangular in plan view.
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Terrestrial
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sediments deposited on dry land.
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Aeolian
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a type of terrestrial deposits that moves by wind.
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Colluvial
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a type of terrestrial deposits that moves by rock slides
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Glacial
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deposits that are the result of debris carried along by a glacier, either because the ice holding the debris melts or because the ice smears the debris across the land surface.
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Littorial
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deposits that are laid down
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What is a Reservoir Image?
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18:40 in Lecture #2
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What is the difference between Direct and Indirect Analysis of a Reservoir?
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Direct Analysis is anything in a lab (PVT fluid analysis, core analysis, etc)
Indirect is anything with a wire line instrument (e.g., well log) |
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What is the depositional environment?
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1 hour 16 min in Lecture #2
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Tectonic Pattern in a Reservoir
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**** NEED ANSWER ****
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Architectural Pattern in a Reservoir
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**** NEED ANSWER ****
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What is a Well?
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*** Need an answer ****
1 hour 50 minutes of Lecture 2 |
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Fault Trap?
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