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CONTENTS XI
2.6 COMPLETE PVT ANALYSIS 69
REFERENCES 70
CHAPTER 3 MATERIAL BALANCE APPLIED TO OIL RESERVOIRS 71
3.1 INTRODUCTION 71
3.2 GENERAL FORM OF THE MATERIAL BALANCE EQUATION FOR
A HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR 71
3.3 THE MATERIAL BALANCE EXPRESSED AS A LINEAR EQUATION 76
3.4 RESERVOIR DRIVE MECHANISMS 77
3.5 SOLUTION GAS DRIVE 78
3.6 GASCAP DRIVE 86
3.7 NATURAL WATER DRIVE 91
3.8 COMPACTION DRIVE AND RELATED PORE COMPRESSIBILITY
PHENOMENA 95
REFERENCES 98
CHAPTER 4 DARCY'S LAW AND APPLICATIONS 100
4.1 INTRODUCTION 100
4.2 DARCY'S LAW; FLUID POTENTIAL 100
4.3 SIGN CONVENTION 104
4.4 UNITS: UNITS CONVERSION 104
4.5 REAL GAS POTENTIAL 110
4.6 DATUM PRESSURES 111
4.7 RADIAL STEADY STATE FLOW; WELL STIMULATION 112
4.8 TWO-PHASE FLOW: EFFECTIVE AND RELATIVE
PERMEABILITIES 117
4.9 THE MECHANICS OF SUPPLEMENTARY RECOVERY 121
REFERENCES 125
CHAPTER 5 THE BASIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION FOR RADIAL FLOW IN A
POROUS MEDIUM 127
5.1 INTRODUCTION 127
5.2 DERIVATION OF THE BASIC RADIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION 127
