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integrate, transfer, and present the state-of-the-knowledge of formation dam-
age in a consistent manner in one source for the readers of this book. Many of
the figures, tables, and other relevant materials used in the preparation of this
book were extracted from the literature published by various researchers, com-
panies, and organizations. These include the following: Academic Press;
AAPG—American Association of Petroleum Geologists; ACS—American
Chemical Society; AIChE—American Institute of Chemical Engineers;
American Institute of Physics; API—American Petroleum Institute; ASME—
American Society of Mechnical Engineers; A.A. Balkema Publisher; Baroid
Drilling Fluids, Inc.; Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum;
Chemical Processing magazine; Chemicky Prumysl; Computational Mechan-
ics, Inc.; Elsevier Science, Geological Society, IEEE—Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers, Inc.; International Institute for Geothermal
Research, Italy; Ilinois State Geological Survey; John Wiley & Sons Limited;
Marcel Dekker, Inc.,; M-I L.L.C.; Plenum Press; Sarkeys Energy Center at
the University of Oklahoma; SPE—Society of Petroleum Engineers;
SPWLA—Society of Professional Well Log Analysis; Transportation Research
Board; National Academies, Washington, D.C.; Turkish Journal of Oil and
Gas; and the U.S. Department of Energy. In addition, G. Atkinson, T. Dewers,
A. Hayatdavoudi, I. B. Ivanov, P. R. Johnson, P. A. Kralchevsky, R. Philip, T. S.
Ramakrishnan, M. M. Reddy, G. W. Schneider, H. Tamura, and K. J. Weber
allowed the use of materials from their publications. B. Seyler of the Illinois
State Geological Survey provided the photographs included in the book. The
permission for use of these materials in this book is gratefully acknowledged.
I am also grateful to Gulf Publishing Company, Timothy W. Calk, and
Execustaff Composition Services for their support in the preparation and real-
ization of this book. Special thanks are due to Susan Houck for her care in
typing the manuscript.
Any comments, corrections, and suggestions by the readers to improve this
book are welcomed.

Faruk Civan, Ph.D. P.E.
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma

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