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The estimation of petroleum reservoir properties on the basis of production rate and pressure observations at the wells is an essential component in the prediction of reservoir behavior. The reservoir properties to be estimated appear as parameters in the partial differential equations describing the flow of fluids in the reservoir. The estimation of these properties is referred to variously as the inverse or identification problem or as history matching. In this dissertation, new results have been obtained pertaining to the estimation of petroleum reservoir properties.

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As of date, forty-six volumes of the SWPSC conference proceedings have been published over the past 46 years, comprising of 1641 conference proceedings. An initiative is undertaken to archive the SWPSC conference proceedings in the electronic format. A detailed methodology is outlined to archive the SWPSC conference proceedings from paper to the electronic format and to develop the SWPSC searchable database with the use of previously available computer software.

This handbook is has been compiled to give readers with an interested in the oil and gas production industry an overview of the main processes and equipment. When I started to search for a suitable introduction to be used for new engineers, I discovered that much of this equipment is described in standards, equipment manuals and project documentation. But little material was found to quickly give the reader an overview of the entire upstream area, while still preserving enough detail to let the engineer get an appreciation of the main characteristics and design issues.

This book is by no means a comprehensive description on the detailed design of any part of this process, and many details have been omitted in the interest of overview. I have included some comments on the control issues, since that is part of my own background. For the same reason, the description will be somewhat biased toward the offshore installations.