Volume 201
Petroleum Development and Technology 1954
Petroleum Branch Papers and Discussions Included have been approved for Publication by the Petroleum Branch Transactions Editorial Committee. They were Selected from Papers Presented before the Branch at Meetings held in Los Angeles, October 1-2, 1953; Dallas, October 19-21, 1953; New York, February 13-17, 1955; Los Angeles, October 7-8, 1954: San Antonio, October 17-20, 1954; and Papers not Presented at these Meetings but Offered to the Petroleum Branch, A.I.M.E. for Publication
Title Page
Foreword, John R. McMillan
A.I.M.E. Officers and Staff
Contents
Errata
Petroleum Branch Officers and Committee Chairmen
Petroleum Branch Past Chairmen
The Anthony F. Lucas Medal and Fund
Petroleum Branch Certificate of Service

PAPERS:

Capillarity-Permeability

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Displacement Experiments in a Consolidated Porous System J. S. Levine
A Study of Displacements in Microscopic Capillaries Charles C. Templeton

Drilling and Producing – Equipment, Methods, and Materials

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Effectiveness of Gun Perforating T. O. Allen and J. H. Atterbury, Jr.
Some Practical Aspects of Gravel Parking C. J. Rodgers
The Corrosion-Metallurgical Aspects of Sucker Rods and their Oil Well Service Performance F. J. Radd and R. L. McGlasson
Mechanical Treatment of Weighted Drilling Muds Roy A. Bobo and R. S. Hoch
Reservoir Fracturing - A Method of Oil Recovery from Extremely Low Permeability Formations L. E. Wilsey and W. G. Bearden
Optimum Sand Concentrations in Well Treatments Peter Dehlinger, W. H. Browne, and C. O. Bundrant
A New Tool for Perforating Casing below Tubing Blake M. Caldwell and Harrold D. Owen

Drilling Fluids and Cements

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A Simplified Cementing Technique for Recompletion Operations T. A. Huber, G. H. Tausch, and J. R. Dublin III
Filtration from Mud During Drilling C. K. Ferguson and J. A. Klotz
Drilling Mud Control in the Southwest Louisiana Coastal Area C. R. Claus and G. A. Standish
Mechanical Treatment of Weighted Drilling Muds Roy A. Bobo, and R. S. Hoch
Plugging off Water in Fractured Formations George C. Howard and P. P. Scott Jr.
A Ten-Pound Cement Slurry for Oil Wells Henry F. Coffer, J. J. Reynolds, and Roscoe C. Clark, Jr.
The Pumpability of Clay-Water Drilling Fluids I. Havenaar

Electric Logging

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An Experimental Investigation of the S.P. and Resistivity Phenomena in Dirty Sands M. R. J. Wyllie and P. F. Southwick
A Contribution to Electric Log Interpretation in Shaly Sands A. Poupon, M. E. Loy, and M. P. Tixier
Resistivity Logging in Thin Beds Leendert de Witte
Interrelation of Resistivity and Potential of Shaly Reservoir Rock F. M. Perkins, Jr., H. R. Brannon, Jr., and Weldon O. Winsauer

Natural Gas Technology

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A Simplified Analysis of Unsteady Radial Gas Flow J. S. Aronofsky and R. Jenkins
Gas Hydrates of Hydrogen Sulfide-Methane Mixtures Leslie J. Noaker and Donald L. Katz
The Phase and Volumetric Behavior of Natural Gases at Low Temperatures and High Pressures P. C. Davis, A. F. Bertuzzi, T. L. Gore, and F. Kurata
Viscosity of Hydrocarbon Gases under Pressure Norman L. Carr, Rki Kobayashi, and David B. Burrows
Measurement of Resistance to Flow of Fluids in Natural Gas Wells R. V. Smith, R. H. Williams, and E. J. DeWees

PVT Studies

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Equilibrium Vaporization Ratios for a Reservoir Fluid Containing a High Concentration of Hydrogen Sulfide Harold Vagtborg, Jr.
Solution of the Equations of Unsteady State Two-Phase Flow in Oil Reservoirs W. J. West, W. W. Garvin, and J. W. Sheldon
Study of Undersaturation during Repressuring and Supersaturation during Flow of Oil to Wells Ralph V. Higgins
The Phase and Volumetric Behavior of Natural Gases at Low Temperatures and High Pressures P. C. Davis, A. F. Bertuzzi, T. L. Gore, and F. Kurata
Viscosity of Hydrocarbon Gases under Pressure Norman I. Carr, Riki Kobayashi, and David B. Burrows

Research on Phase Relationships

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Displacement Experiments in a Consolidated Porous System J. S. Levine
The Effect of Surface and Interfacial Tensions on the Recovery of Oil by Water Flooding Harvey T. Kennedy, and Erasmo T. Guerrero

Reservoir Engineering Equipment

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A Blotter-Type Electrolytic Model Determination of Areal Sweeps in Oil Recovery by In-Situ Combustion H. J. Ramey, Jr., and G. W. Nabor
A Simplified Analysis of Unsteady Radial Gas Flow J. S. Aronofsky and R. Jenkins
A Magnetic Susceptibility Method for the Determination of Liquid Saturation in Porous Materials J. W. Whalen
Solution of the Equations of Unsteady State Two-Phase Flow in Oil Reservoirs W. J. West, W. W. Garvin, and J. W. Sheldon

Reservoir Engineering - General

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Equilibrium Vaporization Ratios for a Reservoir Fluid Containing a High Concentration of Hydrogen Sulfide Harold Vagthorg, Jr.
A Method for Determination of Average Pressure in a Bounded Reservoir C. S. Matthews, F. Brons and P. Hazebroek
Estimated Effect of Vertical Fractures on Secondary Recovery Paul B. Crawford and R. E. Collins
Production of Water-Driven Reservoirs below their Bubble Point A. B. Dyes
The Mechanics of Fracture Induction and Extension Eugene Harrison, W. F. Kieschnick, Jr., and W. J. McGuire
The Role of Bubble Formation in Oil Recovery by Solution Gas Drives in Limestones C. R. Stewart, E. B. Hunt, Jr., F. N. Schneider, T. M. Geffen, and V. J. Berry, Jr.
Displacement of Oil from Porous Media by Miscible Liquids J. Offeringa and C. van der Poel

Reservoir Performance Field Studies

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History and Performance of the Coldwater Oil Field, Michigan C. R. Criss and R. J. McCormick
Pressure Maintenance by Gas Injection in the Brookhaven Field, Mississippi J. B. Justins, R. W. Cassingham, C. R. Blomberg, and W. H. Ashby
Comparison of Methods for Analyzing a Water Drive Field, Torchlight Tensleep Reservoir, Wyoming F. M. Stewart, F. H. Callaway, and R. E. Gladfelter

Secondary Recovery

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Oil Production after Breakthrough - As Influenced by Mobility Ratio A. B. Dyes, B. H. Caudle, and R. A. Erickson
Pressure Maintenance by Gas Injection in the Brookhaven Field, Mississippi J. B. Justus, R. W. Cassingham, C. R. Blomberg, and W. H. Ashby
Development of an Underground Heat Wave for Oil Recovery Bruce F. Grant, and Stefan F. Szasz
A Blotter-Type Electrolytic Model Determination of Areal Sweeps in Oil Recovery by In-Situ Combustion H. J. Ramey, Jr., and G. W. Nabor
The Effect of Surface and Interfacial Tensions on the Recovery of Oil by Water Flooding Harvey T. Kennedy and Erasmo T. Guerrero
Estimated Effect of Vertical Fractures on Secondary Recovery Paul B. Crawford and R. E. Collins
Use of Radioactive Iodine as a Tracer in Water-Flooding Operations J. Wade Watkins and E. S. Mardock
Study of Undersaturation during Repressuring and Supersaturation during Flow of Oil to Wells Ralph V. Higgins
Displacement of Oil from Porous Media by Miscible Liquids J. Offeringa and C. van der Poel

Further Discussion of Papers Published in Transactions, Volume 201 (1954)

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The Mechanics of Formation Fracture Induction and Extension W. J. McGuire, Jr., Eugene Harrison, and W. F. Kieschnick

Technical Notes

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Effect of Gas Slip on Unsteady Flow of Gas through Porous Media – Experimental Verification G. C. Wallick and J. S. Aronofsky
A Rotational High Pressure Viscosimeter Murray F. Hawkins, Jr., and Marion L. Kimmel

INDEX

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