Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- About This Book -- CHAPTER 1.0. THE FIELD LIFE CYCLE -- 1.1 Exploration Phase -- 1.2 Appraisal Phase -- 1.3 Development Planning -- 1.4 Production Phase -- 1.5 Decommissioning -- CHAPTER 2.0. EXPLORATION -- 2.1 Hydrocarbon Accumulations -- 2.2 Exploration Methods and Techniques -- CHAPTER 3.0. DRILLING ENGINEERING -- 3.1 Well Planning -- 3.2 Rig Types and Rig Selection -- 3.3 Drilling Systems and Equipment -- 3.4 Site Preparation -- 3.5 Drilling Techniques -- 3.6 Casing and Cementing -- 3.7 Drilling Problems -- 3.8 Costs and Contracts -- CHAPTER 4.0. SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 4.1 Safety awareness -- 4.2 Safety management systems -- 4.3 Environment -- 4.4 Current environmental concerns -- CHAPTER 5.0. RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION -- 5.1 Reservoir Geology -- 5.2 Reservoir Fluids -- 5.3 Data Gathering -- 5.4 Data Interpretation -- CHAPTER 6.0. VOLUMETRIC ESTIMATION -- 6.1 Deterministic Methods -- 6.2 Expressing uncertainty -- CHAPTER 7.0. FIELD APPRAISAL -- 7.1 The role of appraisal in the field life cycle -- 7.2 Identifying and quantifying sources of uncertainty -- 7.3 Appraisal tools -- 7.4 Expressing reduction of uncertainty -- 7.5 Cost-benefit calculations for appraisal -- 7.6 Practical aspects of appraisal -- CHAPTER 8.0. RESERVOIR DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR -- 8.1 The driving force for production -- 8.2 Reservoir drive mechanisms -- 8.3 Gas reservoirs -- 8.4 Fluid displacement in the reservoir -- 8.5 Reservoir simulation -- 8.6 Estimating the recovery factor -- 8.7 Estimating the production profile -- 8.8 Enhanced oil recovery -- CHAPTER 9.0. WELL DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR -- 9.1 Estimating the number of development wells -- 9.2 Fluid flow near the wellbore -- 9.3 Horizontal wells -- 9.4 Production testing and bottom hole pressure testing -- 9.5 Tubing performance -- 9.6 Well completions -- 9.7 Artificial lift -- CHAPTER 10.0. SURFACE FACILITIES -- 10.1 Oil and gas processing -- 10.2 Facilities -- CHAPTER 11.0. PRODUCTION OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE -- 11.1 Operating and Maintenance Objectives -- 11.2 Production Operations input to the FDP -- 11.3 Maintenance engineering input to the FDP -- CHAPTER 12.0. PROJECT AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT -- 12.1 Phasing and organisation -- 12.2 Planning and control -- 12.3 Cost estimation and budgets -- 12.4 Reasons for contracting -- 12.5 Types of contract -- CHAPTER 13.0. PETROLEUM ECONOMICS -- 13.1 Basic principles of development economics -- 13.2 Constructing a Project Cashflow -- 13.3 Calculating a discounted cashflow -- 13.4 Profitability indicators -- 13.5 Project screening and ranking -- 13.6 Per barrel costs -- 13.7 Sensitivity analysis -- 13.8 Exploration economics -- CHAPTER 14.0. MANAGING THE PRODUCING FIELD -- 14.1 Managing the subsurface -- 14.2 Managing the surface facilities -- 14.3 Managing the external facto.