Oil Field Production Geology

by Mike Shepherd

This book was written for students, new professionals in oil companies, and for anyone with an interest in reservoir geology. It explains the background to production geology in the context of oil field subsurface operations. It also gives practical guidelines as to how a production geologist can analyze the reservoir geology and fluid flow characteristics of an oil field with the aim of improving hydrocarbon recovery. Advice is given on how to search for the remaining oil volumes in a producing field, where these pockets are typically found, and then how to plan wells to target these volumes.

American Association Of Petroleum Engineers (AAPG)

Founded in 1917, we are the world's largest professional geological society, with over 30,000 members.

We are a pillar of the world-wide scientific community. Our books foster scientific research, advance the science of geology and promote the most effective use of petroleum extraction & processing technology and practice.

Some of the areas we publish in include:

GIS
Petroleum Engineering
Well Log Analysis
Geological Modeling
Carbonate Petrology
Seismic Imaging
Reservoir Characterization
Regional Petroleum Analysis

350 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2009

About the author

I live in the village where Dracula was written, a privilege I share with 1,400 souls. This is Cruden Bay in Scotland, a beautiful old fishing village on the coast of Aberdeenshire.

I've added to the local literary tradition by writing books on the oil industry (big in the local area) and Bram Stoker's life and times here.

I'm incredibly lucky to find that Bram Stoker's visits here have never been researched properly before by anyone. A huge story just fell into my lap - the unknown story of what happened when Dracula was written.

I love epic themes sourced through both geology and history. Geology, call it Earth history, tells us a great deal about where we came from and the planet we live on. In a way my book about Bram Stoker is epic too. It's clear that Cruden Bay was where he connected to his thoughts about the greater universe.


I'm currently working on my next book - that's epic too...