Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering

by L.P. Dake

Publisher: Elsevier Science
ISBN: 044441830X

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Book Description

"This book is fast becoming the standard text in its field", wrote a reviewer in the Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology soon after the first appearance of Dake's book. This prediction quickly came true: it has become the standard text and has been reprinted many times.

The author's aim to provide students and teachers with a coherent account of the basic physics of reservoir engineering - has been most successfully achieved. No prior knowledge of reservoir engineering is necessary. The material is dealt with in a concise, unified and applied manner, and only the simplest and most straightforward mathematical techniques are used. This low-priced paperback edition will continue to be an invaluable teaching aid for years to come.

Customer Reviews

So you want to learn about reservoir engineering? Then you're going to need the right material. And this book is it. Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering by Dake is the "bible" of reservoir engineering. Many college courses utilize and require this textbook. Amazon also offers this text at a great price, much cheaper than through purchasing from ElSevier.

The book starts off with material balance. This is the bread and butter of petroleum science and reservoir engineering. Each chapter thereafter continues to build on different areas of reservoir engineering. I would highly recommend this book.

This is a great classic reference in the area of Reservoir Engineering that can be recommended to anyone working in the area.

I would mention, though, that this manufacturing run seems to have had a binding problem. The first 16 page sheets are out of order (e.g. page 3 occurs after page 6). I alerted Amazon and returned one book, but the second copy they sent is the same...