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specific gravity, 5, 21, 47, 51–53, 57, 64, transition zone, 80, 86, 98, 117, 163,
66, 196, 226 164, 217
stability, 34 traps, 111, 112
stabilization time, 241–243 traveling block, 158, 223
stabilized rate, 233, 238 travel time, 178
standard deviation, 28, 276, 289 triangle distribution, 254
stiffness, 131 tubing, 31, 95, 154, 157, 158, 185, 189, 202,
stimulation, 29, 97, 247, 250 203, 205, 250, 266, 287
storage tubing head, 205
capacity, 67 tubing performance curve (TPC),
tank, 202, 203, 206, 207, 211, 225, 266, 267
283, 284, 291, 293, 311
strain uncertainty, 9, 13, 33, 41, 250, 254, 267,
axial, 195 273, 274
shear, 121, 135 unconventional, 29, 33, 34, 39, 42, 246,
stratigraphic column, 109, 110, 164 253, 280
stratigraphic trap, 111, 112 underbalanced, 148
stratigraphy, 128, 179 undersaturated, 55, 65, 83, 257, 260, 263,
stress, 19, 30, 33, 106, 201 264, 266, 269
axial, 212 uniaxial compaction, 134
circumferential, 211, 226, 311 upstream, 205, 291–293
hoop, 211–212, 311
horizontal, 132, 134, 195–196 validity, 246
shear, 121, 135, 160 valve, 176, 311
torsional, 144 vapor pressure, 48, 49, 209
vertical, 134, 194–195 vertical seismic profile (VSP), 130
structural trap, 111 vertical sweep efficiency, 10, 11, 21
structures, 47, 106, 111, 124, 309 viscosity
subsidence, 69, 70, 109, 277, 278, 288 defined, 5, 53
superficial velocity, 74, 80, 81 gas, 6, 75, 155, 238, 240–242
superposition principle, 232, 233, 238 oil, 58–60
sustainable energy, 23, 36, 39, 41–42 units, 3
sweep efficiency, 10, 21 water, 60
sweet, 47 volatile oil, 22, 64, 65
swivel, 141, 143, 146, 158 volumetric sweep efficiency, 10, 11, 21

tank model, 258 waterflood
tanker, 2, 20, 291, 308, 309 defined, 7
tar sands, 15, 33, 34 Prudhoe Bay, 278
team, 2, 150, 157, 271, 273, 287 Wilmington Field, 277
tectonics, 103 water‐oil ratio (WOR), 4, 22, 219, 266
tectonic plates, 104, 106, 116 wavelength
temperature scales, 51 defined, 121
thermal, 8, 46, 47, 155, 169, 214 dominant, 121, 126, 127
tight gas, 31, 33, 241, 242 wave propagation, 121
time‐lapse, 135 waxes, 47
top drive, 140, 143, 158, 222 weight on bit (WOB), 146, 151, 176
torsion, 122 Weinaug–Katz, 99
tortuosity, 81, 172, 173 Welge, H., 92–95, 98