Volume 198
Petroleum Development and Technology 1953
Petroleum Branch Papers and Discussions Presented before the Branch at Meetings Held at Houston, October 1-3, 1952; Los Angeles, October 23-24, 1952; Los Angeles, February 14-19, 1953; Los Angeles, October 1-2, 1953; and Dallas, October 19-21, 1953
Title Page
Foreword, By Claude R. Hocott
A.I.M.E. Officers and Directors
Contents
Errata
Petroleum Branch Officers and Committee Chairmen

PAPERS:

Capillarity – Permeability

TITLE AUTHOR
Relative Permeability Calculations from Pore Size Distribution Data N. T. Burdine
Spraberry Permeability from Build-Up Curve Analyses A. B. Dyes and O. C. Johnston
Capillary Desaturation in Unconsolidated Beads John C. Calhoun and Frank T. Bethel

Drilling and Producing Equipment, Methods and Materials

TITLE AUTHOR
Permanent Type Well Completion T. A. Huber and G. H. Tausch
Use of the Automatic Free Piston in Oil Well Production Problems E. D. McMurry
Volumetric Efficiency of Sucker Rod Pumps When Pumping Gas-Oil Mixtures C. A. Connally, C. R. Sandberg, and N. Stein
Description and Analysis of an Efficient Continuous-Flow Gas-Lift Installation A. F. Bertuzzi, J. K. Welchon, and Fred H. Poettmann

Drilling Fluids and Cement

TITLE AUTHOR
Formation Factors of Unconsolidated Porous Media: Influence of Particle Shape and Effect of Cementation M. R. J. Wyllie and A. R. Gregory
Rock Rupture as Affected by Fluid Properties P. P. Scott, Jr., W. G. Bearden, and G. C. Howard
Measuring and Interpreting High-Temperature Shear Strengths of Drilling Fluids T. E. Watkins and M. D. Nelson

Electric Logging

TITLE AUTHOR
The MicroLaterlog H. G. Doll
Origin of the Electric Potential Observed in Wells W. M. McCardell, W. O. Winsauer, and M. Williams
Ionic Double Layer Conductivity in Reservoir Rock W. O. Winsauer and W. M. McCardell

Fluid Injection

TITLE AUTHOR
Properties of Linear Water Floods L. A. Rapoport and W. J. Leas
Water Flooding in North Government Wells Field, Duval County, Texas D. M. Collingwood and R. J. Bethancourt
The Estimation of Water Injection Profiles from Temperature Surveys T. J. Nowak
Recent Laboratory Investigations of Water Flooding in California Norris Johnston and N. van Wingen

Measurements of Physical Properties

TITLE AUTHOR
Relative Permeability Calculations from Pore Size Distribution Data N. T. Burdine
Calculations of Unsteady-State Gas Flow Through Porous Media G. H. Bruce, D. W. Peaceman, H. H. Rachford, Jr., and J. D. Rice
Spraberry Permeability from Built-Up Curve Analyses A. B. Dyes and O. C. Johnston

Natural Gas Technology

TITLE AUTHOR
Equilibrium Constants for a Gas-Condensate System A. E. Hoffman, J. S. Crump, and C. R. Hocott
A Laboratory Investigation of Oil Displacement from Porous Media by a Liquefield Petroleum Gas J. H. Henderson, N. B. Gove, H. J. Ledbetter, and J. D. Griffith
Pressure Gradients in Natural Gas Reservoirs David Cornell and D. L. Katz
Calculations of Unsteady-State Gas Flow Through Porous Media G. H. Bruce, D. W. Peaceman, H. H. Rachford, Jr., and J. D. Rice
Equilibrium Vaporization Ratios for Nitrogen, Methane, Carbon Dioxide, Ethane, and Hydrogen Sulfide in a Natural Gas-Condensate System R. H. Jacoby and M. J. Rzasa
A Method of Predicting the Availability of Natural Gas Based on Average Reservoir Performance Ralph E. Davis and Lee Hillard Meltzer
Gas Storage in the Playa Del Rey Oil Field John Riegle, Jr.

Reservoir Engineering - General

TITLE AUTHOR
A Laboratory Investigation of Oil Displacement from Porous Media by a Liquefied Petroleum Gas J. H. Henderson, N. B. Gove, H. J. Legbetter, and J. D. Griffith
Application of the Material Balance Equation to a Partial Water-Drive Reservoir A. F. van Everdingen, E. H. Timmerman, and J. J. McMahon
Determination of Limestone Performance Characteristics by Model Flow Tests C. R. Stewart, F. F. Craig, Jr., and R. A. Morse
Formation Factors of Unconsolidated Porous Media: Influence of Particle Shape and Effect of Cementation M. R. J. Wyllie and A. R. Gregory
Rock Rupture as Affected by Fluid Properties P. P. Scott, Jr., W. G. Bearden, and G. C. Howard
Analysis of Pressure Build-Up Data G. B. Thomas
Properties of Linear Water Floods L. A. Rapoport and W. J. Leas
Some Theoretical Considerations of Tilted Water Tables S. T. Yuster
The Skin Effect and Its Influence on the Productive Capacity of a Well A. F. van Everdingen
Mile-Six Pool – An Evaluation of Recovery Efficiency E. L. Anders, Jr.
Application of Laboratory PVT Data to Reservoir Engineering Problems C. R. Dodson, D. Goodwill and E. H. Mayer
Effect of Pressure and Temperature on Oil-Water Interfacial Tensions for a Series of Hydrocarbons M. E. Hassan, R. F. Nielson, and J. C. Calhoun, Jr.

Reservoir Performance Field Studies

TITLE AUTHOR
Spraberry Permeability from Build-Up Curve Analyses A. B. Dyes and O. C. Johnston
Waterflooding in North Government Wells Field, Duval County, Texas D. M. Collingwood and R. J. Bethancourt
Reservoir Performance and Well Spacing, Spraberry Trend Area Field of West Texas Lincoln F. Elkins
Recent Laboratory Investigations of Water Flooding in California Norris Johnston and N. Van Wingen
Performance Predictions Incorporating Gravity Drainage and Gas Cap Pressure Maintenance LL-370 Area, Bolivar Coastal Field D. R. McCord
Mile Six Pool – An Evaluation of Recovery Efficiency E. L. Anders, Jr.

Separate Discussion

TITLE AUTHOR
Separate Discussion W. D. Moore and L. G. Truby, Jr.

Technical Notes

TITLE AUTHOR
Compressibility of Reservoir Rocks Howard N. Hall
Effect of Quick-Freezing vs Saturation of Oil Well Cores Frank C. Kelton
Comments on Capillary Equilibrium J. Jones-Parra
Theoretically Indicated Methods of Wetting Liquid Relative Permeability Measurement William H. Hartwig
Vaporization of Hydrocarbons from an Unconsolidated Sand Charles W. Oxford and R. L. Huntington
Determination of Graphite in Drilling Mud Frank O. Jones, and J. L. Lummus
An Explanation of the Yuster Effect P. H. Scott and Walter Rose
The Effect of Overburden Pressure on Relative Permeability I. Fatt
The Effect of Temperature on the Density and Electrical Resistivity of Sodium Chloride Solutions J. J. Arps
The Steady-State Flow of Gas Through Glass Capillary Tubes Gearge C. Wallick
Computation of a Linear Flood by the Stabilized Zone Method J. Jones-Parra and J. C. Calhoun, Jr.
Calculations of Unsteady-State Gas Flow Through Porous Media, Corrected for Klinkenberg Effect R. E. Collins and Paul B. Crawford

INDEX

TITLE AUTHOR
Index