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Permeability
The presence of a substantial porosity usually (but not always) implies that pores will be interconnected. Therefore the porous medium…
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Areal Extent
Favorable conclusions on the porosity, reservoir height, fluid saturations, and pressure (and implied phase distribution) of a petroleum reservoir, based…
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Classification of Reservoirs
All hydrocarbon mixtures can be described by a phase diagram such as the one shown in Figure 1-3. Plotted are…
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Components of the Petroleum Production System
The reservoir consists of one or several interconnected geological flow units. While the shape of a well and converging flow…
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Meteoric Water Flow and Diagenesis
The introduction of meteoric water has a profound effect on carbonate sediments and their potential as reservoir rocks. A proportion…
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Pelagic Carbonate
Pelagic carbonate deposits consist largely of planktonic organisms (coccolithophores, foraminifera, pteropods etc.) which live in the upper part of the…
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Modern Environments of Carbonate Sedimentation
From a sedimentological point of view a reef may be defined as a laterally restricted body of carbonate rock whose…
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Geological Range
Foraminifera range from the Cambrian to Recent. Most of the Lower and Middle Palaeozoic forms had an agglutinated test whereas…
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Geochemistry of Carbonate Minerals
Carbonate minerals consist of CO2− 3 and one or more cations. The most common cations in carbonate minerals together with…
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Practical Predictions of Reservoir Quality and Porosity Depth Curves
The oil industry has a practical need to be able to predict the properties of reservoir rocks ahead of drilling.…
