Chapter 1 The History of Petroleum Industry
1.1 The Initial Realization of Oil
1.2 The Search for Light
1.3 The Birth of the Industry
1.4 Spindletop
1.5 The Modem Progress of Petroleum Industry
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Chapter 2 The Physical Characteristics of Reservoir
2.1 Properties of Reservoir Rocks
2.2 Reservoir Fluids
2.3 Reservoir Fluid Behavior
2.4 Fluid Flow in the Reservoir
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Chapter 3 Basic Drilling Technology
3.1 History and Drilling Environments
3.2 Rotary Drilling Process
3.3 The Main Component Parts of a Rotary Rig
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Chapter 4 Primary Cementing
4.1 Cementing Materials
4.2 Cement Additives
4.3 Cement Bonding
4.4 Flow Properties of Primary Cements
4.5 Displacement Mechanics
4.6 Primary Cementing Practices
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Chapter 5 Logging
5.1 Why Run Logs
5.2 Logging Car, Cable and General Mounting
5.3 Electrical Logging
5.4 Nuclear Logging
5.5 Acoustic Log
5.6 Mud Logging
5.7 Some Other Types of Logs
5.8 Computer Generated Logs
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Chapter 6 Well Completions
6.1 Completion Methods
6.2 Completion Interval Selection
6.3 Types of Completion Arrangements
6.4 Well Completion Design
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Chapter 7 Production Teelmology
7.1 Inflow Performance