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## Meet the editors

Dr Sid-Ali Ouadfeul is currently an associate professor of geophysics at Khemis Miliana University-Algeria. He received an Engineer diploma from the University of Boumerdes, Algeria, a Magister and PhD in geophysics from the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumedienne in Algeria. One of the topics of Dr Ouadfeul's research is oil and gas; he has published many papers related to oil and gas exploration and reservoir characterization.

Dr Leila ALIOUANE is a teacher-researcher in the Faculty of Hydrocarbon and Chemistry - University M'hamed Bougara of Boumerdès (UMBB). Her main area of interest is oil and gas reservoir characterization from seismic and well-log data using advanced signal processing techniques.

Contents

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 5**

**Chapter 3 17** Environmental Evaluation and Biodegradability of Drilling Waste: A Case Study

**Chapter 4 33**

**Chapter 5 51**

**Chapter 6 63**

**Chapter 7 87** The Risk of Potential Cross Border Transport of Oil Spills in the Semi-Enclosed

*by Eman Mohamed Mansour, Mohamed El Aily and Saad Eldin Mohamed Desouky*

*by Mohammad Karimi, Mohammad Reza Adelzadeh, Mojtaba Mosleh Tehrani, Maryam Mohammadipour, Ruhangiz Mohammadian and Abbas Helalizade*

Introductory Chapter: Oil and Gas Wells - Advances and New Challenges

Porosity Prediction of a Carbonate Reservoir in Campos Basin Based on the

of Drill Cuttings from Ologbo Oilfield Wells at Edo State, Nigeria *by Emmanuel Esosa Imarhiagbe and Nosa Omoregbe Obayagbona*

An Improved Semi-Analytical Approach for Predicting Horizontal

Damage Formation: Equations of water block in oil and water wells

*by Adesina Fadairo, Gbadegesin Adeyemi, Temitope Ogunkunle,* 

*by Sid-Ali Ouadfeul and Leila ALiouane*

and Multilateral Well Performance

*Ayotomiwa Evbogame and Adedapo Adesina*

Gases Reservoirs Fluid Phase Behavior

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

*by Steve Brenner*

Integration of Seismic Attributes and Well Log Data *by Roberta Tomi Mori and Emilson Pereira Leite*

## Contents


Preface

Oil and gas are the most useful forms of fossil energy and they represent more than 80% of the world's energy production. With an increasing demand on this energy in the last few decades due to rapid development of the world's industries, scientists should adapt the latest technology to this demand. The aim of this book is to present some advances in different aspects of oil and gas technology. This book is edited by Dr Sid-Ali Ouadfeul, an associate professor in geophysics at Khemis Miliana University. Two chapters of the book are dedicated to scientific research in the domain of reservoir engineering and characterization. Four chapters are dedicated to the field of well drilling and performance and another chapter is related to oil

**Dr. Sid-Ali Ouadfeul**

**Dr. Leila Aliouane** University of Boumerdes,

Algeria

Algeria

Algerian Petroleum Institute,

and transport.
