Fire and the air war: edited by Horatio Bond. 262 pages, drawings and illustrations, 16 × 23 cms. Boston, National Fire Protection Association, 1946. Price $4.00

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1947
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 161 KB
• Volume: 243
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(47)90162-2

✦ Synopsis

The end sought for in petroleum production depends on economics and the economic limits for wells and reservoirs depend on producing and operation methods which includenumber and location of producing and injection wells, completion of wells, and per-well ratesof production and injection. All wells reach economic limits before they are abandoned and the interest of the operator is primarily the prevention of premature economic limits. The book at hand discusses theories and characteristics of oil wells.

The maximum rate of production is the first topic and the treatment thereafter deals with development periods, economic factors, rates of depletion and production, and the optima for uniform and variable ratesof depletion. The presentation is direct and plain. It should appeal to those interested in petroleum production.

R. H. OPPERMANN.