Volume 210
Petroleum Development and Technology 1957

Title Page

Foreword

Officers and Staff of AIME

Society of Petroleum Engineers Officers and Committee Chairmen

Contents

1957 Society of Petroleum Engineers Transaction s Editorial Committee

The John Franklin Carll Award

The Anthony F. Lucas Medal and Fund

The Cedric K Ferguson Medal

Society of Petroleum Engineers Past Chairmen

Local Section Officers for 1957

PAPERS

Capillarity – Permeability

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Mobility of Connate Water During a Water Flood	W.O. Brown
Reservoir Volumetric Parameters Defined by Capillary Pressure Studies	S. H. Rockwood, G. H. Lair and B. J. Langford
A Laboratory Study of Gravity Segregation in Frontal Drives	F. F. Craig, Jr., J. L. Sanderlin, D. W. Moore, and T. M. Geffen

Drilling and Producing – Equipment, Methods and Materials

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Development of Shaped Charges for Oil Well Completion	Thomas C. Poulter, and Blake M. Caldwell
Buckling of Tubing in Pumping Wells, Its Effects and Means for Controlling It	Arthur Lubinski and K. A. Blenkarn
A Test for Degree of Dispersion in Drilling Muds	H. C. H. Darley
Factors Affecting Well Productivity: I. Drilling Fluid Filtration by E. E. Glenn, M. L. Slusser; and J. L. Huitt II. Drilling Fluid Particle Invasion into Porous Media, by E. E. Glenn, and M. L. Slusser
A Method of Protecting Cements Against the Harmful Effects of Mud Contamination	H. J. Beach, and W. C. Goins, Jr.
Emulsions for Use as Non-Plugging Perforating Fluids	G. G. Priest, and B. E. Morgan
Microbit Dynamic Filtration Studies	Victor Horner, M. M. White, C. D. Cochran. and F. H. Deily
Rheological Measurements of Non-Newtonian Fluids	Leonard L. Melton. and Calvin D. Saunders
The Calculation of Wave Forces on a Sunken Obstruction	J. E. Chappelear
A Method of Formation Testing on Logging Cable	M. Lebourg, R. Q. Fields, and C. A. Doh
Laminar Flow of Drilling Mud Due to Axial Pressure Gradient and External Torque	P. R. PaeIay, and A. Slibar
Volume Requirements for Air or Gas Drilling	R. R. Angel

Logging and Log Interpretation

TITLE	AUTHOR
An Experimental Study on the Influence of the Chemical Composition of Electrolytes on the SP Curve	M. Gondouin, M. P. Tixier, and G. L. Simard
Identification of Earth Materials by Induced Gamma-Ray Spectral Analysis	N. L. Muench, and J. S Osba
Neutron Capture Gamma-Ray Spectra of Earth Formation	P.E. Baker
Gas Detection by Dual-Spacing Neutron Logs in the Greater Oficina Area, Venezuela	Michel Grosmangin, and Edward B. Walker
Interpretation of the Induction-Electrical Log in Fresh Mud (Including further discussion)	J. L. Dumanoir and Maurice Martin
Stability Requirements for Scintillation Counters Used in Radioactivity Logging	Arthur Youmans and Ralph Monaghan
Log Interpretation in Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir	R. H. Winn
Density Logging with Gamma Rays	P. E. Baker

Natural Gas Technology

TITLE	AUTHOR
A Method of Calculating the Distribution of Temperature in Flowing Gas Wells	Louis B. Lesem, Frank Greytok, Frank Marotta, and John J. McKetta, Jr.
Method for Predicting the Back-Pressure Behavior of Low Permeability Natural Gas Wells	M.R. Tek, M. L. Grove, and F. H. Poettmann

Reservoir Engineering – Equipment

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Use of Transparent Three-Dimensional Models for Studying the Mechanism of Flow Processes in Oil Reservoirs	P. van Meurs

Reservoir Engineering – General

TITLE	AUTHOR
A Theory for the Effects of Heating Oil Producing Wells	A. Schild
A Compositional Material Balance Method for Prediction of Recovery from Volatile Oil Depletion Drive- Reservoir	F. 0. Reudelhuber, and Richard F. Hinds
A Method for Predicting Depletion Performance of a Reservoir Producing Volatile Crude Oil	R. H. Jacoby, and V. J. Berry, Jr.
The Predicted Performance of a Gas-Condensate System, Washington Field, Louisiana	James E. Berryman
Calculation of the Depletion History and Future Performance of a Gas-Cap-Drive Reservoir	J. E. Kirby, Jr., H. E. Stamm III, and L. B. Schnitz

Reservoir Engineering – General

TITLE	AUTHOR
Special Applications of Drill-Stem Test Pressure Data	John P. Dolan, Charles A. Einarsen, and GiIman A. Hill
Compressibility of Undersaturated Hydrocarbon Reservoir Fluids	Albert S. Trube
A Diffusion Model to Explain Mixing of Flowing Miscible Fluids in Porous Media	J. S. Aronofsky, and J. P. Heller

Reservoir Engineering – Laboratory Research

TITLE	AUTHOR
Miscible Slug Process	H. A. Koch, Jr., and R. L. Slobod
A Laboratory Study of Solvent Flooding	N. N. Hall and T. M. Geffen
A Laboratory Investigation of the Effect of Rate on Recovery of Oil by Water Flooding	T. G. Richardson, and F. M. Perkins, Jr.
Measurement of Bubble Frequency in Core	Denton R. Wieland, and Harvey T. Kennedy
Factors Affecting Well Productivity: I. Drilling Fluid Filtration by E. E. Glenn, IM. L. Slusser, and J. L. Huitt II. Drilling Fluid Particle Invasion into Porous Media by E. E. Glenn, and M. L. Slusser
Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing	M. King Hubbert, and David G. Willis
The Mobility of Connate Water During a Water Flood	W. O. Brown
An Evaluation of the Procedures Used in the Determination of the Grain Densities of Petroleum Reservoir Mineral	C. S. Brooks
A Laboratory Study of Gravity Segregation in Frontal Drive	F.F. Craig, Jr., J.L. Sanderlin, D.W. Moore, and T.M. Geffen
The Effect of Fluid Pressure Decline on Volumetric Changes of Porous Rocks	J. Geertsma

Secondary Recovery

TITLE	AUTHOR
A Field Test of the Gas-Driven Liquid Propane Method of Oil Recovery	Loren H. Jenks. John B. Campbell and George G. Binder. Jr.
Miscible Slug Process	H.A. Koch. Jr. and R. L. Slobod
A Laboratory Study of Solvent Flooding	H. N. Hall and T.M. Geffen
Fractional Balance Evaluation of Pressure Maintenance. Smackover Lime Gas Condensate Reservoir. McKamie-Patton Field. Arkansas	P.E. Schauer Jr.
A Laboratory Investigation of the Effect of Rate on Recovery of Oil by Water Flooding	J.G. Richardson and F.M. Perkins. Jr.
Performance Calculations for Reservoirs with Natural or Artificial Water Drives	L.D. Wooddy, Jr. and W D Moore
Flooding in South Ward-Analysis of a Lease Performance	A.B. Dyes. P.H. Braun and B.E. Cole., Jr.

Technical Notes

TITLE	AUTHOR
Compressibility of Natural Gases	Albert S Trube
A Relation Between Gamma Radiation and Permeability Denver-Julesburg Basin	C.L. Rabe
Subsurface Sealing of Tubing Thread Leaks	Martin E. True and W. M. O'Reilly
Frontal Drive Production Mechanisms - A New Method for Calculating the Displacing Fluid Saturation at Breakthrough	L.F. Stutzman and George Thodos
Pore Size Distributions of Porous Media and Displacement Experiments with Miscible Liquids	L.J. Klinkenberg
Composition Correlations of Natural Gas in Reservoir Engineering Problems	W.W. Eckles Jr.
The Calculation of Waterflood Recovery from Steady-State Relative Permeability Data	J.G. Richardson
Development of a Generalized Darcy Equation	M.R. Tek
Influence of Differential Displacement in Invaded Oil and Gas Sands on the Induction Log (including further discussion)	A.J. de Witte
Bottom-Hole Pressure Reduction Due to Gas-Cut Mud	Robert J. White
A New Instrument for Measuring Bulk and Grain Volumes	William L. Russell
Relationships Between the Mud Resistively, Mud Filtrate Resistivity, and the mud Cake Resistivity of Oil Emulsion Mud Systems	Norman Lamont
A New Technique for Examination of Oilfield Brines	W.P. Aycock, E.W. Hough and George W. Crawford
A Study of the Orifice Well Tester and Critical Flow Prover	Louis B. Lesem, John J. McKetta. Jr. and George H. Fancher
Potentiometric Analyzer Prediction of Pressure Distribution in a Gas-Condensate Reservoir	H.B. Bradley and L.D. Mullins
Estimated Effect of Horizontal Fractures in Thick Reservoirs on Pattern Conductivity	Bobby L. Landrum and Paul B. Crawford
The Interpretation of Capillary Pressure Data from Carbonate Retrovirus	W.R. Aufricht and E.H. Koepf
A Note on Transient Two-Phase Flow Calculations	G.C. Wallick
An Investigation of the Role of Capillary Forces in Laboratory Water Floods	F.M. Perkins. Jr.
An Improved Blotter Model for Analog Studies	C.A. Fothergill
Clay Content and Capillary Behavior of Wyoming Reservoir Sands	Oren C. Baptist and Eliot J. White

INDEX

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