Empirical Estimates of Primary Oil Recovery
Several attempts have been made to correlate primary oil recovery with reservoir…
Petroleum Reservoir
Accumulations of oil and gas occur in underground traps that are formed…
Important Pressure Transient Analysls Equations
In the equation for skin factor during the pressure buildup, P, is…
Capillary Pressure
Curvature at an interface between wetting and nonwetting phases causes a pressure…
Surface and lnterfaclal Tensions
The term interface indicates a boundary or dividing line between two immiscible…
Resistivity Index
Since crude oil and natural gas are nonconductors of electricity, their presence…
Total Reservolr Compressibility
The total compressibility of oil- or gas-bearing reservoirs represents the combined compressibilities…
Formation Resistivity Factor
The formation resistivity factor, FR, is the ratio of the resistivity of…
Properties of Fluid-Containing Rocks
Porosity The porosity, 4, is equal to the void volume of the…
Units and Conversions
We have used “oilfield” units throughout the text, even though this system…


