Petroleum Engineering Timeline
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Petroleum Engineering Timeline is a timeline which describes the evolution of the Petroleum Engineering over time.
From the first well drilled, first PVT correlation, first multiphase flow correlation, through the first computer to the modern reservoir simulator.
Timeline
| Year | Author | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1859 | Drake well | First oil well drilled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Well |
| 1942 | Standing and Katz | Gas Z factor correlation is coded into the PVT tool with Dranchuk correlation as a default |
| 1947 | Standing | Pb & Rs, Bo |
| 1965 | Hagedorn and Brown | Hagedorn and Brown Multiphase flow correlation is coded into the PQplot as a default oil VLP correlation |
| 1966 | Lee et al. | Lee Gas viscosity correlation is coded into the PVT tool as a default |
| 1969 | Turner, Hubbard & Dukler | Liquid loading is coded into the PQplot |
| 1972 | Beggs and Brill | Beggs and Brill Multiphase flow correlation is coded into the sPipe as a default correlation |
| 1974 | Gray | Gray Multiphase flow correlation is coded into the PQplot as a default gas VLP correlation |
| 1975 | Beggs and Robinson | Beggs and Robinson Oil viscosity correlation is coded into the PVT tool as a default |
| 1976 | Jobs | First Apple I sold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I |
| 1979 | Mach | Nodal Analysis |
| 1990 | McCain | Oil density correlation |
| 1992 | ECLIPSE | 3D Simulator |
| Z factor | Dranchuk | Dranchuk, P.M. and Abou-Kassem, H. 1975. Calculation of Z Factors For Natural Gases Using Equations of State. J Can Pet Technol 14 (3): 34. PETSOC-75-03-03. |
| Gas density | Standard equation | http://petrowiki.org/Gas_formation_volume_factor_and_density |
| Gas FVF | Standard equation | http://petrowiki.org/Gas_formation_volume_factor_and_density |
| Gas viscosity | Lee | Lee, A.L., Gonzalez, M.H., and Eakin, B.E. 1966. The Viscosity of Natural Gases. J Pet Technol 18 (8): 997–1000. SPE-1340-PA. |
| Gas compressibility | Standard equation | http://petrowiki.org/Isothermal_compressibility_of_gases |
| Water density | McCain | McCain Jr., W.D. 1991. Reservoir-Fluid Property Correlations-State of the Art. SPE Res Eng 6 (2): 266-272. SPE-18571-PA. |
