Volume 186
Mining Branch 1949
Petroleum Development and Technology 1949
Petroleum Branch
Title Page
Foreword by John E. Sherborne
Petroleum Branch Officers and Committee Chairmen
Contents
The Anthony F. Lucas Fund and Medal
Errata
Technical Notes
Index

PAPERS

Offshore Operation

TITLE AUTHOR
Outline of Weather and Wave Forecasting Techniques. A. H. Glenn and J. E. Graham
Gulf of Mexico Floating Drilling Tender C. P. Besse and G. W. Osborne
Wave Forces Computed for a Typical Drilling Site Paul L. Horrer

Drilling and Production Equipment, Methods and Materials
(See also Technical Note on Cementing by Roscie C. Clark, Jr., p. 327.)

TITLE AUTHOR
A Hydraulic Process for Increasing the Productivity of Wells J. B. Clark
Semi-Automatic Power Operated Drilling Equipment M. E. True and B. L. Stone
The Core Recorder Clark Millison
Method of Establishing a Stabilized Back Pressure Curve for Gas Wells Producing from Reservoirs of Extremely Low Permeability E. R. Haymaker, C. W. Binckley and F. R. Burgess
Pilot Gas Injection - Its Conduct and Criteria for Evaluation Lincoln F. Elkins and John T. Cooke
Factors Involved in Removal of Sulphate from Drilling Muds by Barium Carbonate W. E. Bergman, H. B. Fisher and P. G. Carpenter
Bottom Hole Flow Surveys for Determination of Fluid and Gas Movements in Wells C. R. Dale
Correction of Gas Volumes for Compressibility and Temperatures Albert D. Brokaw
Fundamental Forces Involved in the Use of Oil Well Packers Jack D. Webber

Electrical Logging

TITLE AUTHOR
Relationship of Drilling Mud Resistivity to Mud Filtrate Resistivity W. H. Patnode
A Quantitative Analysis of the Electrochemical Component of the S.P. Curve M. R. J. Wyllie
Introduction to Induction Logging and Application to Logging of Wells Drilled with Oil Base Mud H. G. Doll
The Relation Between Electrical Resistivity and Brine Saturation in Reservoir Rocks (See Discussions by G. E. Archie. p. 324, and by M. R. J. Wyllie and Walter. D. Rose. p. 325) H. F. Dunlap, H. L. Bilhartz, Ellis Shuler and C. R. Bailey

Reservoir Performance – Field Studies

TITLE AUTHOR
A Study of Oil and Gas Conservation in the Pickton Field J. R. Walsh, R. E. Simpson, J. W. Smith and C. S. Yust
Production of Oil Under Unitization in the Wertz Dome Field, Wyoming E. A. Swedenborg
Reservoir Performance of a High Relief Pool E. P. Burtchaell
The Performance of the Ten Section Oil Field W. Tempelaar Lietz

Reservoir Engineering

TITLE AUTHOR
Use of Permeability Distribution in Water Flood Calculations W. E. Stiles
Effects of Transient Conditions in Gas Reservoirs D. T. MacRoberts
Estimation of Reserves and Water Drive from Pressure and Production History E. R. Brownscombe and Francis Collins
Relation Between Pressure and Recovery in Long Core Water Floods J. N. Breston and R. V. Hughes
The Effect of Well Spacing and Drawdown on Recovery from Internal Gas Drive Reservoirs Raymond G. Loper and John C. Calhoun, Jr.
A New Compressibility Correlation for Natural Gases and Application to Estimates of Gas-in-Place E. B. Elfrink, C. R. Sandberg and T. A. Pollard
Some Examples of Fluid Flow Mechanism in Limestone Reservoirs W. O. Keller and R. A. Morse
A Calculation of the Effect of Production Rate upon Ultimate Recovery by Solution Gas Drive C. C. Miller, E. R. Brownscombe and W. F. Kieschnick, Jr.
Application of the LaPlace Transformation to Flow Problems in Reservoirs A. F. van Everdingen and William Hurst

Capillarity – Permeability
(See also Technical Notes by Walter Rose on pp. 325 and 329, and by Owen Thornton on p.328)

TITLE AUTHOR
Capillary Pressures - Their Measurement Using Mercury and the Calculation of Permeability Therefrom W. R. Purcell
Theoretical Generalizations Leading to the Evaluation of Relative Permeability Walter Rose
Evaluation of Capillary Character in Petroleum Reservoir Rock Walter Rose and W. A. Bruce
Experiments on the Capillary Properties of Porous Solids John C. Calhoun, Jr. and R. C. Newman

Research on Phase Relationships

TITLE AUTHOR
Methane Hydrate at High Pressure Riki Kobayashi and D. L. Katz
Gas Hydrates of Carbon Dioxide - Methane Mixture Carl H. Unruh and D. L. Katz
Behavior of Binary, Ternary and Multicomponent Systems at States Similar to Those Encountered in Condensate Fields B. H. Sage and W. N. Lacey
Multiple Condensed Phases in the Methane-Decane-Tetralin-Bitumen System J. S. Billheimer, C. G. Yundt, B. H. Sage and W. N. Lacey
Multiple Condensed Phases in the Decane-Tetralin-Bitumen System J. S. Billheimer, H. H. Reamer and B. H. Sage
Multiple Condensed Phases in the N-Pentane-Tetralin-Bitumen System J. S. Billheimer, B. H. Sage and W. N. Lacey

Reservoir Engineering Equipment

TITLE AUTHOR
An Electrical Computer for Solving Phase Equilibrium Problems Morris Muskat and J. M. McDowell

Technical Notes

TITLE AUTHOR
On the Application of the Capillary Pressure Method for the Determination of Oil Recovery Walter Rose
On Well Cementing at Low Temperatures Roscoe C. Clark, Jr.
On the Valuation of Relative Permeability Owen Thornton
On the Theoretical Description of Wetting Liquid Relative Permeability Data Walter Rose