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Chierici, Gian Luigi was born on December 1, 1926 in Parma, Italy. Son of Giuseppe and Anna (Ferrari) Chierici.
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Volume 1 of this book dealt with the techniques behind the acquisition, processing and interpretation of basic reservoir data. This second vol ume is devoted to the study, verification and prediction of reservoir behaviour, and methods of increasing productivity and oil recovery. I should like to bring a few points to the reader's attention. Firstly, the treatment of immiscible displacement by the method of characteristics. The advantage of this approach is that it brings into evidence the various physical aspects of the process, especially its dependence on the properties of the fluids concerned, and on the velocity of displacement. It was not until after the publication of the first, Italian, edition of this book (February 1990) that I discovered a similar treatment in the book Enhanced Oil Recovery, by Larry W. Lake, published in 1989. Another topic that I should like to bring to the reader's attention is the forecasting of reservoir behaviour by the method of identified models. This original contribution to reservoir engineering is based on systems theory - a science which should, in my opinion, find far wider applica tion, in view of the "black box" nature of reservoirs and their responses to production processes.
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Volume I provides a comprehensive understanding of the acquisition and processing of the basic data needed to evaluate and predict the behaviour of oil and gas reservoirs. The subjects covered are as follows: the physical properties of the reservoir rocks and the fluids they contain; the estimation of oil and gas reserves; the interpretation of well tests; the evaluation of producibility and of the distribution of reservoir fluids; the global behaviour of a reservoir and aquifer in contact. Each topic is dealt with in a concise and rigorous manner, and the underlying mathematics is presented in an easily comprehensible fashion. Because it does not require prior knowledge of reservoir engineering, this book is ideal for use by students of the subject. However, it will also prove invaluable for field and office use by professional engineers, covering both the fundamentals and the latest developments in their sphere of operations.
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Six years ago, at the end of my professional career in the oil industry, I left my management position within Agip S.p.A., a major multinational oil company whose headquarters are in Italy, to take up the chair in reservoir engineering at the University of Bologna, Italy. There, I decided to prepare what was initially intended to be a set of lecture notes for the students attending the course. However, while preparing these notes, I became so absorbed in the subject matter that I soon found myself creating a substantial volume of text which could not only serve as a university course material, but also as a reference for wider professional applications. Thanks to the interest shown by the then president of Agip, Ing. Giuseppe Muscarella, this did indeed culminate in the publication of the first Italian edition of this book in 1989. The translation into English and publication of these volumes owes much to the encouragement of the current president of Agip, Ing. Guglielmo Moscato. My grateful thanks are due to both gentlemen. And now - the English version, translated from the second Italian edition, and containing a number of revisions and much additional material. As well as providing a solid theoretical basis for the various topics, this work draws extensively on my 36 years of worldwide experience in the development and exploitation of oil and gas fields.
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Chierici, Gian Luigi was born on December 1, 1926 in Parma, Italy. Son of Giuseppe and Anna (Ferrari) Chierici.
Coronary heart Disease, University Parma, 1949. Doctor Chemical Engineering, University Padua, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy in Petroleum Engineering, University Bologna, 1963.
Doctor Physics, University Parma, 1965.
Research chemist Carlo Erba, 1949-1951. Head thermodynamics laboratory Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli Società per Azioni, 1951-1955, head reservoir physics department, 1955-1970, head department physical chemistry, 1970-1978, vice president fields development and production, 1978-1982, vice president petroleum engineering, 1982-1987, chairman Research and Development committee, 1984-1991. Chairman working group on exploration and exploitation Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi College for Research, 1991-1993.
Associate professor petroleum engineering University Bologna, 1961-1985, professor petroleum reservoir engineering, 1987-1999. Honorary professor University Patagonia, Argentina, since 1962, State Gubkin Academy Oil and Gas, Moscow, since 1996. Lecturer petroleum engineering Eni Corporation University, San Donato Milanese, since 2002.
Member advisory committee management projects on geothermal energy European Economic Community, Brussels, 1976-1983, consultant to directors general, 1987-1995. Member Italian national committee for World Petroleum Congresses, 1980-1991, member permanent council, 1982-1991, member science program committee, 1983-1991. Chairman committee for technical and science cooperation Ministry of Oil Industry of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Agip Società per Azioni, 1980-1991.
Chairman steering committee for research on petroleum recovery Norsk Agip/Statoil/IKU, 1980-1985. Member science program committee European Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, 1982-1996. Member science committee Rogalandsforskning University, Stavanger, Norway, 1987-1991.
Member science committee Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy, 1993-1997. Member Italian State technical committee oil, gas and geothermal energy Minister Industry, Rome, 1997-2001.
(Volume I provides a comprehensive understanding of the ac...)
(Volume 1 of this book dealt with the techniques behind th...)
(Six years ago, at the end of my professional career in th...)
Member of advisory committee management projects on geothermal energy European Economic Community, Brussels, 1976-1983, consultant to directors general, 1987-1995. Member Italian national committee for World Petroleum Congresses, 1980-1991. Member permanent county World Petroleum Congresses, 1982-1991.
Member science program committee European Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1982-1996.
Member science committee RogalandsforskningU., Stavanger, Norway, 1987-1991. Member science committee Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy, 1993-1997.
Member Italian State technical committee oil, gas and geothermal energy Minister Industry, Rome, 1997.
Member Society Petroleum Engineers (International Reservoir Engineering award 1996), American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers.
Married Graziella Antonioli, January 7, 1956. C. 1 child, Marcello.