The book is focused primarily on characteristics and determinative methods of reservoir orientation, the concept of vector well pattern and corresponding realistic techniques of well pattern deployment, well pattern control principles, Optimum design of well pattern based on the reservoir direction characteristics, and the schemes of well spacing density regulation at different stages of development. The procedures for improving water flooding efficiency have been provided. This book is suitable for reservoir engineering managers, reservoir engineers, and students of petroleum engineering.

Introduces well pattern optimization design in petroleum engineering Focused on characteristics and determining methods of reservoir orientation Presents the concept of vector well pattern and correspondingly reasonable methods of well pattern deployment Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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The author engaged in the research about the area of reservoir engineering, which is primarily focused on the method of reservoir engineering, reservoir numerical simulation, oilfield development program and optimization and petrleum economic. The author is a member of SPE and Director of the China energy society. Provincial science and technology progress is awarded five times. The 102 paper was published. The characteristics and determining methods of reservoir orientation, the concept of vector well pattern and correspondingly reasonable methods of well pattern deployment was proposed first.

Recent publications:
Optimization design of horizontal wells development in low permeability gas reservoir in Su 53-4 well areäLiu Dehua,Zhang Guowei,Sun Jing,Li Wenying 2011 Procedia Eengineering 18(2011)398-404,ISSN 1877-7058
Prognosticating the Production Performannce of Saturated Gas Drive Reservoir:A Theoretical Perspective P.A.Owusu, L.Dehua ,E.K.Nyantakyi, R.D.Nagre, J.K.Borkloe, L.K.Frimpong International Journal of Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing 2013,2 2 24-33
The method of oilfield development program and optimization, Petroleum Industry Press,Dec. 2007
Reservoir engineering foundation, Petroleum Industry Press,Sep. 2009
The control theory and application for well pattern optimization of heterogeneous sandstone reservoirs, Petroleum Industry Press,Dec. 2013

Inhalt
Geological foundation of well network optimization.- Reservoir direction characteristics and permeability distribution law.- Theory of Injection and production well network optimization control.- Principles and methods of vector well network.- Well network pattern on different reservoir characteristics.- Analysis of the application of vector well network.- Complex well network optimal design.- Determination of reasonable well network density.