Amin Taghavinejad received his BSc in Petroleum Production Engineering from Science and Research Branch of IAU at Tehran, and his MSc in Petroleum Reservoir Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology. He has extensive experience in several research and teaching positions, including his current role as Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Laboratory Specialist at the Petroleum University of Technology. He has authored and co-authored several journal and conference papers, as well as two books.Professor Mehdi Ostadhassan received his PhD in 2013 from University of North Dakota. He became an Associate Professor at the same university, before his current position as a Distinguished Professor at the Northeast Petroleum University in China. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 journal articles, over 30 conference papers, a book chapter and one book. He is a member of several professional societies, and is on the editorial board for several journals.Reza Daneshfar gained his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Tehran, in 2014 and 2016 respectively. He is currently a PhD student in Petroleum Engineering at the Petroleum University of Technology. He has published over 15 journal and conference papers, and has authored one book.

• Chapter 1. Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs.- Chapter 2. Unconventional Reservoir Engineering.- Chapter 3. Pressure Transient Analysis.- Chapter 4. Rate Transient Analysis.