Volume 204
Petroleum Development and Technology 1955
Petroleum Branch Paper 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 Angles, October 7-8, 1954; San Antonio, October 17-20, 1954; Chicago, February 13-17, 1955; New Orleans, October 2-5, 1955; Los Angles, October 20-21, 1955; and Papers not Presented at these meetings but offered to the Petroleum Branch, A.I.M.E. for Publication
Title Page
Errata
Foreword, R. B. Gilmore
Officers and Staff of the AIME
Petroleum Branch Officers and Committee Chairmen
Contents
Local Section Chairmen for 1955

PAPERS:

Capillarity-Permeability

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A Study of Waterflood Efficiency in Oil-Wet Systems J. E. Warren and John C. Calhoun, Jr.
Dimensionally Scaled Experiments and the Theories on the Water-Drive Process G. A. Croes and N. Schwarz
Differences in Behavior of Fresh and Aged East Texas Woodbine Cores J. G. Richardson, F. M. Perkins, Jr., and J. S. Osoba
Wettability Versus Displacement in Water Flooding in Unconsolidated Sand Columns Jack Newcombe, John McGhee, and M. J. Rzasa

Drilling and Producing – Equipment, Methods, and Materials

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Well Productivity Increase from Drain Holes as Measured by Model Studies R. L. Perrine
Development and Application of “Frac” Treatments in the Permian Basin R. E. Hurst, J. M. Moore, and D. E. Ramsey
Corrosion of Oil Well Casing by Earth Currents Leendert de Witte and Fred J. Radd
External Casing Corrosion Control J. D. Sudbury, J. E. Landers, and D. A. Shock
Solubility Studies on High Molecular Weight Paraffin Hydrocarbons Obtained from Petroleum Rod Waxes C. C. Nathan
Effect of Mud Column Pressure on Drilling Rates A. S. Murray and R. A. Cunningham
Locating Casing Shoe Leaks with Radioactive Argon J. Kohl, R. L. Newacheck, and E. E. Anderson

Logging and Log Interpretation

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Radioactive Tracers in Oil Production Problems A. H. Flagg, J. P. Myers, J. L. P. Campbell, J. M. Terry, and E. S. Mardock
A Study of Electric Log Interpretation Methods in Shaly Formations Leendert de Witte
Locating Casing Shoe Leaks with Radioactive Argon J. Kohl, R. L. Newacheck, and E. E. Anderson
Displacement Logging – A New Exploratory Tool J. L. Martin and W. M. Campbell

Natural Gas Technology

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Direct Calculation of Bottom-Hole Pressures in Natural Gas Well David Cornell and Yusuf K. Sukkar
Temperature Surveys in Gas Producing Wells K. S. Kunz and M. P. Tixier
The Isochronal Performance Method of Determining the Flow Characteristics of Gas Wells M. H. Cullender
Calculation of Unsteady-State Gas Flow within a Square Drainage Area Jim Douglas, Jr., D. W. Peaceman, and H. H. Rachford, Jr.

Reservoir Engineering Equipment

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Performance of Water Drive Reservoirs, Including Pressure Maintenance, by the Reservoir Analyzer J. M. McDowell
Scaling Laws for Use in Design and Operation of Water-Oil Flow Models L. A. Rapoport
Estimating Size and Shape of Vertical and Horizontal Fractures Paul B. Crawford, A. C. England, Jr., Bobby L. Landrum, and William F. Haney, Jr.
An Analog Computer for Studying Heat Transfer during a Thermal Recovery Process L. C. Vogel and R. F. Krueger
A Practical Method for Treating Oilfield Interference in Water-Drive Reservoirs Mohamed Mortada

Reservoir Engineering - General

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Differences in Bahavior of Fresh and Aged East Texas Woodbine Cores J. G. Richardson, F. M. Perkins, Jr., and J. S. Osoba
Analysis of Pressure Fall-Off Curves Obtained in Water Injection Wells to Determine Injective Capacity and Formation Damage T. J. Nowak and G. W. Lester
The Effect of the Relative Permeability Ratio, the Oil-Gravity and the Solution Gas-oil Ratio on the Primary Recovery from a Depletion Type Reservoir J. J. Arps and T. G. Roberts
Analysis of Reservoir Performance Kg/Ko Curves and a Laboratory Kg/Ko Curve Measured on a Core Sample T. D. Mueller, J. E. Warren and W. J. West
Calculation of Unsteady-State Gas Flow within a Square Drainage Area Jim Douglas, Jr., D. W. Peaceman, and H. H. Rachford, Jr.

Reservoir Engineering - Research

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Performance of Water Drive Reservoirs, Including Pressure Maintenance, as Determined by the Reservoir Analyzer J. M. McDowell
Estimating Size and Shape of Vertical and Horizontal Fractures Paul B. Crawford, A. C. England, Jr., Bobby L. Landrum, and William F. Haney, Jr.
Studies on Pressure Distribution in Bounded Reservoirs at Steady State C. S. Matthews and H. C. Lefkovits
A Practical Method for Treating Oilfield Interference in Water-Drive Reservoirs Mohamed Mortada

Reservoir Performance Field Studies

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Effects of Extensive Well Fracturing on the Waterflood Operation in North Texas Strawn Sand Gene E. Roark and J. D. Lindner
Pressure Maintenance by Inert Gas Injection in the High Relief Elk Basin Field F. M. Stewart, D. L. Garthwaite, and F. K. Krebill
Case History of Reservoir Performance of a Highly Volatile Type Oil Reservoir Rex W. Woods

Secondary Recovery

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Oil Recovery Performance of Pattern Gas or Water Injection Operations from Model Tests F. F. Craig, Jr., T. M. Geffen, and R. A. Morse
Effects of Extensive Well Fracturing on the Waterflood Operation in North Texas Strawn Sand Gene E. Roark and J. D. Lindner
A Study of Waterflood Efficiency in Oil-Wet Systems J. E. Warren and John C. Calhoun, Jr.
Dimensionally Scaled Experiments and the Theories on the Water-Drive Process G. A. Croes and N. Schwarz
Pressure Maintenance by Inert Gas Injection in the High Relief Elk Basin Fieldx F. M. Stewart, D. L. Garthwaite, and F. K. Krebill
The Encroachment of Injected Fluids beyond the Normal Well Pattern B. H. Caudle, R. A. Erickson, and R. L. Slobod
Single-Fluid Five-Spot Floods in Dipping Reservoirs M. Prats, W. R. Strickler, and C. S. Matthews
An Analog Computer for Studying Heat Transfer during Thermal Recovery Process L. C. Vogel amd R. F. Krueger
Wettability versus Displacement in Water Flooding in Unconsolidated Sand Columns Jack Newcombe, John McGhee, and M. J. Rzasa

Technical Notes

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Further Discussions of Technical Papers T. D. Mueller, J. E. Warren and W. J. West
Simplified Form of the Material Balance Equation G. W. Tracy
An Investigation of the Use of the Spectrograph for Correlation in Limestone Rock F. W. Jessen and John C. Miller
Effect of Unsymmetrical Vertical Fractures on Production Capacity Paul B. Crawford and Bobby L. Landrum
Calculation of Stabilized Gas Well Performance Curves from Back Pressure Test Data David Cornell
A Subsurface Flowmeter R. C. Rumble
Metastable Equilibrium in the Dew Point Determination of Natural Gases in the Hydrate Region Riki Kobayashi and Donald L. Katz
Two Errors in Pressure Measurement Using Subsurface Gauges W. J. Ainsworth and Murray F. Hawkins, Jr.
New Apparatus for Studying Pressure Induced Fracturing in Reference to Lost Circulation A. J. Teplitz, E. M. Pohoriles, and J. K. Rodgers
Material Balances in Expansion Type Reservoirs above Bubble Point Murray F. Hawkins, Jr.
Effect of Drainhole Drilling on Production Capacity Bobby L. Landrum and Paul B. Crawford
A Device for Determining the Concentration of Formation Treating Acids J. L. Huitt
The Concept “Hydraulic Radius” in Porous Media G. J. Harmsen
Fluid Mapper Model Studies of Mobility Ratio Rex E. Cheek and Donald E. Menzie
The Conduction of Heat Incident to the Flow of Vaporizing Fluids in Porous Media Frank G. Miller and Ralph A. Seban
Investigation of Various Refined Oils for Formation Fracturing A. R. Hendrickson, G. L. Foster, and R. B. Rosene
Some Useful Tables for Approximating Smooth Curves by Fifth-and-Lower Degree Polynomials H. H. Rachford, Jr. and W. P. Schultz
A Method for Neutron Derived Porosity Determination for Thin Beds J. M. Edwards and A. L. Simpson

INDEX

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