Volume 243
American Institue of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Inc.
1968

Title Page

Foreword by H. J. Gruy

Officers and Staff of AIME

Society of Petroleum Engineers Officers and Committee Chairmen

Contents

The Anthony F. Lucas Medal

The Cedric K. Ferguson Medal

The John Franklin Carll Award

The Lester C. Uren Award

The DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal

Society of Petroleum Engineers Certificate of Service

Local Section Officers for 1968

1968 Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME Transactions Editorial Committee

Errata

Technical Papers

(This volume is divided into two parts: Part I reprinted from JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY and Part II reprinted from SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS JOURNAL. Papers listed here have a part number designation preceding the page number).

Drilling - Equipment, Methods and Materials

TITLE	AUTHOR
Failures in the Bottom Joints of Surface and Intermediate Casing Strings	F. J. Schuh
Rock Failure During Tooth Impact and Dynamic Filtration	G. M. Myers and K. E. Gray
Analysis of the Cutting Action of a Single Diamond	F. C. Appl and D. S. Rowley
Stresses Around Wellbores in Nonlinear Rock	M. A. Mahtab and R. E. Goodman
Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Flow in a Hydraulic Jar	H. L. McGill and C. Dalton
An Improved Method for Computing Directional Surveys	G. J. Wilson
A Mathematical Model of a Gas Kick	J. L. LeBlanc and R. L. Lewis

Logging and Log Interpretation

TITLE	AUTHOR
Electrical Conductivities in Oil-Bearing Shaly Sands	M. H. Waxman and L. J. M. Smits
SP Log Interpretation in Shaly Sands	L. J. M. Smits
Computer Symbols for Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Natural Gas Engineering and Well Logging Quantities	AIME (SPE)

Natural Gas Technology

TITLE	AUTHOR
Threshold Pressure Phenomena in Porous Media	L. K. Thomas, D. L. Katz and M. R. Tek
Testing and Analyzing Low-Permeability Fractured Gas Wells	K. K. Millheim and L. Cichowicz
A Treatment of the Gas Percolation Problem in Simulation of Three-Dimensional, Three-Phase Flow in Reservoirs	K. H. Coats
Computer Symbols for Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Natural Gas Engineering and Well Logging Quantities	AIME (SPE)
Gas Well Testing With Turbulence, Damage and Wellbore Storage	R. A. Wattenbarger and H. J. Ramey Jr.
Gas Well Testing in a Fractured Carbonate Reservoir	A. R. Adams, A. R. Ramey Jr. and R. J. Burgess

Producing – Equipment, Methods and Materials

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Energy Balance Concept of Hydraulic Fracturing	T. K. Perkins and W. W. Krech
Steady-State Flow Capacity of Wells With Limited Entry to Flow	A. S. Odeh
Transient Stresses and Displacement Around a Wellbore Due to Fluid Flow in Transversely Isotropic, Porous Media: I. Infinite Reservoirs	M. S. Seth and K. E. Gray
Transient Stresses and Displacement Around a Wellbore Due to Fluid Flow in Transversely Isotropic, Porous Media: II. Finite Reservoirs	M. S. Seth and K. E. Gray
Inflow Performance Relationships for Solution-Gas Drive Wells	J. V. Vogel
Separation and Gel Permeation Analysis of Natural Emulsion Stabilizers	C. A. Stout and S. W. Nicksic
The Effect of Induced Vertically-Oriented Fractures on Five-Spot Sweep Efficiency	D. A. T. Donohue, J. T. Hansford and R. A. Burton
Effect of pH on Interfacial Films and Stability of Crude Oil-Water Emulsions	J. E. Strassner
Stresses Around Wellbores in Nonlinear Rock	M. A. Mahtab and R. E. Goodman
Well Cooling by Downhole Circulation of Water	H. H. Keller and E. J. Couch
Primary Cementing of Multiple Casing	M. A. Childers
Performance of Fracturing Fluid Loss Agents Under Dynamic Conditions	C. D. Hall Jr. and F. E. Dollarhide
Progress Report on Spraberry Waterflood-Reservoir Performance, Well Stimulation and Water Treating and Handling	L. F. Elkins, A. M. Skov and R. C. Gould
Gas Well Testing in a Fractured Carbonate Reservoir	A. R. Adams, H. J. Ramey Jr. and R. J. Burgess
Effect of Jet Perforating on Bond Strength of Cement	W. K. Godfrey

Reservoir Engineering - General

TITLE	AUTHOR
In Situ Combustion Away From Thin, Horizontal Gas Channels	M. Prats, R. F. Jones and N. E. Truitt
In-Place Determination of Permeability Distribution for Heterogeneous Porous Media Through Analysis of Energy Dissipation	R. W. Nelson
Steady-State Flow Capacity of Wells With Limited Entry to Flow	A. S. Odeh
Areal Sweep Efficiency of Pseudoplastic Fluids in a Five-Spot Hele-Shaw Model	K. S. Lee and E. L. Claridge
Transient Stresses and Displacement Around a Wellbore Due to Fluid Flow in Transversely Isotropic, Porous Media: I. Infinite Reservoirs	M. S. Seth and K. E. Gray
Transient Stresses and Displacement Around a Wellbore Due to Fluid Flow in Transversely Isotropic, Porous Media: II. Finite Reservoirs	M. S. Seth and K. E. Gray
Inflow Performance Relationships for Solution-Gas Drive Wells	J. V. Vogel
The Prediction of Volumes, Compressibilities and Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Hydrocarbon Mixtures	S. M. Avasthi and H. T. Kennedy
Calculation of Imbibition Relative Permeability for Two- and Three-Phase Flow From Rock Properties	C. S. Land
A Correlation of the Viscosity of Hydrocarbon Systems With Pressure, Temperature and Composition	J. E. Little and H. T. Kennedy
Some Practical Considerations in the Numerical Solution of Two-Dimensional Reservoir Problems	J. E. Briggs and T. N. Dixon
Testing and Analyzing Low-Permeability Fractured Gas Wells	K. K. Millheim and L. Cichowicz
Pressure Distributions in Rectangular Reservoirs	R. C. Earlougher Jr., H. J. Ramey Jr., F. G. Miller and T. D. Mueller
Mathematical Basis of Two-Phase, Incompressible, Vertical Flow Through Porous Media and Its Implications in the Study of Gravity-Drainage-Type Petroleum Reservoirs	W. N. Hiatt
A Feasibility Study of an In Situ Retorting Process for Oil Shale	A. L. Barnes and A. M. Rowe Jr.
Application of the Finite Element Method to Transient Flow in Porous Media	I. Javandel and P. A. Witherspoon
A Corresponding States Correlation for Calculating Gas-Condensate Phase Equilibria	A. S. Emanuel
Numerical Methods of Higher-Order Accuracy for Diffusion-Convection Equations	H. S. Price, J. C. Cavendish and R. S. Varga
A Field Application of Pulse Testing for Detailed Reservoir Description	R. M. McKinley, S. Vela and L. A. Carlton
Steam Zone Growth in a Preheated Reservoir	P. J. Closmann
Unit Mobility Ratio Displacement Front Passing a Circular Permeability Discontinuity	R. W. Parsons
Partial Integration of Equations of Multiphase Flow	J. C. Martin
A Treatment of the Gas Percolation Problem in Simulation of Three-Dimensional, Three-Phase Flow in Reservoirs	K. H. Coats
Computer Symbols for Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Natural Gas Engineering and Well Logging Quantities	AIME (SPE)
Predicting Gravity-Drainage Performance Using a Three-Dimensional Model	H. N. Hall
Waterflooding by Linear Displacement in Little Creek Field, Mississippi	C. Cronquist
Two-Dimensional Method For Predicting Hot Waterflood Recovery Behavior	A. G. Spillette and R. L. Nielsen
Transient Pressure Testing of Fractured Water Injection Wells	K. K. Clark
Results of a Tertiary Hot Waterflood in a Thin Sand Reservoir	W. L. Martin, J. N. Dew, M. L. Powers and H. B. Steves
Gas Well Testing With Turbulence, Damage and Wellbore Storage	R. A. Wattenbarger and H. J. Ramey Jr.
Progress Report on Spraberry Waterflood – Reservoir Performance, Well Stimulation and Water Treating and Handling	L. F. Elkins, A. M. Skov and R. C. Gould
A Method of Predicting Oil Recovery in a Five-Spot Steamflood	L. G. Davies, I. H. Silberberg and B. H. Caudle
Waterflooding a Highly Stratified Reservoir	G. E. Warner
Combination Method for Predicting Waterflood Performance for Five-Spot Patterns in Stratified Reservoirs	J. A. Wasson and L. A. Schrider
Performance of the Skewed Four-Spot Injection Pattern	B. H. Caudle, B. M. Hickman and I. H. Silberberg

Reservoir Engineering – Laboratory Research

TITLE	AUTHOR
An Experimental Test of Cutting and Rejoining Model for Representing Porous Bodies	N. L. Hancox
Areal Sweep Efficiency of Pseudoplastic Fluids in a Five-Spot Hele-Shaw Model	K. S. Lee and E. L. Claridge
Equilibrium Revaporization of Retrograde Condensate By Dry Gas Injection	L. R. Smith and L. Yarborough
Oxidation of Crude Oil in Porous Media	I. S. Bousaid and H. J. Ramey Jr.
Threshold Pressure Phenomena in Porous Media	L. K. Thomas, D. L. Katz and M. R. Tek
A Mathematical and Experimental Examination of Transverse Dispersion Coefficients	R. C. Hassinger and D. V. von Rosenberg
The Effect of Induced Vertically-Oriented Fractures on Five-Spot Sweep Efficiency	D. A. T. Donahue, J. T. Hansford and R. A. Burton
A Corresponding States Correlation for Calculating Gas-Condensate Phase Equilibria	A. S. Emanuel
Steam-Drive Project in the Schoonebeek Field – The Netherlands	C. van Dijk
The Mechanism of Gas and Liquid Flow Through Porous Media in the Presence of Foam	L. W. Holm
Ternary Phase Behavior at High Temperature	L. V. Pirela and S. M. Farouq Ali
Dynamic Properties of Dry and Water-Saturated Green River Shale Under Stress	A. L. Podio, A. R. Gregory and K. E. Gray
Wet and Partially Quenched Combustion	D. N. Dietz and J. Weijdema
Performance Review of Shoats Creek Unit Vaporizing Gas-Drive Project	J. B. Dorsey and T. W. Brinkley
Controlled Evaluation of a Surfactant in Secondary Recovery	C.G. Inks and R. I. Lahring
Miscible-Type Waterflooding: Oil Recovery with Micellar Solutions	W. B. Gogarty and W. C. Tosch
Displacement Mechanism of Micellar Solutions	J. A. Davis Jr. and S. C. Jones

Reservoir Rock Characteristics

TITLE	AUTHOR
An Experimental Test of the Cutting and Rejoining Model for Representing Porous Bodies	N. L. Hancox
Calculation of Imbibition Relative Permeability for Two- and Three-Phase Flow From Rock Properties	C. S. Land
Rock Failure During Tooth Impact and Dynamic Filtration	G. M. Myers and K. E. Gray
Application of the Finite Element Method to Transient Flow in Porous Media	I. Javandel and P. A. Witherspoon
Analysis of the Cutting Action of a Single Diamond	F. C. Appl and D. S. Rowley
Stresses Around Wellbores in Nonlinear Rock	M. A. Mahtab and R. E. Goodman
In-Place Determination of Permeability Distribution for Heterogeneous Porous Media Through Analysis of Energy Dissipation	R. W. Nelson
Transient Stresses and Displacement Around a Wellbore Due to Fluid Flow in Transversely Isotropic, Porous Media: I. Infinite Reservoirs	M. S. Seth and K. E. Gray
Transient Stresses and Displacement Around a Wellbore Due to Fluid Flow in Transversely Isotropic, Porous Media: II. Finite Reservoirs	M. S. Seth and K. E. Gray
Electrical Conductivities in Oil-Bearing Shaly Sands	M. H. Waxman and L. J. M. Smits
SP Log Interpretation in Shaly Sands	L. J. M. Smits
Threshold Pressure Phenomena in Porous Media	L. K. Thomas, D. L. Katz and M. R. Tek
Dynamic Properties of Dry and Water-Saturated Green River Shale Under Stress	A. L. Podio, A. R. Gregory and K. E. Gray
Waterflooding a Highly Stratified Reservoir	G. E. Warner
Gas Well Testing in a Fractured Carbonate Reservoir	A. R. Adams, H. J. Ramey Jr. and R. J. Burgess
Combination Method for Predicting Waterflood Performance for Five-Spot Patterns in Stratified Reservoirs	J. A. Wasson and L. A. Schrider

Secondary Recovery and Pressure Maintenance

TITLE	AUTHOR
In Situ Combustion Away From Thin Horizontal Gas Channels	M. Prats, R. F. Jones and N. E. Truitt
Equilibrium Revaporization of Retrograde Condensate By Dry Gas Injection	L. R. Smith and L. Yarborough
The Prediction of Volumes, Compressibilities and Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Hydrocarbon Mixtures	S. M. Avasthi and H. T. Kennedy
Oxidation of Crude Oil in Porous Media	I. S. Bousaid and H. J. Ramey Jr.
A Feasibility Study of an In Situ Retorting Process for Oil Shale	A. L. Barnes and A. M. Rowe Jr.
Numerical Methods of Higher-Order Accuracy for Diffusion-Convection Equations	H. S. Price, J. C. Cavendish and R. S. Varga
Steam-Drive Project in the Schoonebeek Field, The Netherlands	C. van Dijk
Steam Zone Growth in a Preheated Reservoir	P. J. Closmann
The Mechanism of Gas and Liquid Flow Through Porous Media in the Presence of Foam	L. W. Holm
Ternary Phase Behavior at High Temperatures	L. V. Pirela and S. M. Farouq Ali
Well Cooling by Downhole Circulation of Water	H. H. Keller and E. J. Couch
Wet and Partially Quenched Combustion	D. N. Dietz and J. Weijdema
Performance Review of Shoats Creek Unit Vaporizing Gas-Drive Project	J. B. Dorsey and T. W. Brinkley
Prediction of Anhydrite Precipitation in Field Water-Heating Systems	C. C. Templeton and J. C. Rodgers
Waterflooding by Linear Displacement in Little Creek Field, Mississippi	C. Cronquist
Two-Dimensional Method For Predicting Hot Waterflood Recovery Behavior	A. G. Spillette and R. L. Nielsen
Transient Pressure Testing of Fractured Water Injection Wells	K. K. Clark
Results of a Tertiary Hot Waterflood in a Thin Sand Reservoir	W. L. Martin, J. N. Dew, M. L. Powers and H. B. Steves
A Method of Predicting Oil Recovery in a Five-Spot Steamflood	L. G. Davies, I. H. Silberberg and B. H. Caudle
Waterflooding a Highly Stratified Reservoir	G. E. Warner
Combination Method for Predicting Waterflood Performance for Five-Spot Patterns in Stratified Reservoirs	J. A. Wasson and L. A. Schrider
Performance of the Skewed Four-Spot Injection Pattern	B. H. Caudle, B. M. Hickman and J. H. Silberberg
Controlled Evaluation of a Surfactant in Secondary Recovery	C. G. Inks and R. I. Lahring
Miscible-Type Waterflooding: Oil Recovery with Micellar Solutions	W. B. Gogarty and W. C. Tosch
Displacement Mechanism of Micellar Solutions	J. A. Davis Jr. and S. C. Jones

Further Discussion

TITLE	AUTHOR
Further Discussion on Pressure Drawdown and Buildup in the Presence of Radial Discontinuities	W. Hurst
Further Discussion on Threshold Pressure Phenomena in Porous Media	N. Rudd
Further Discussion on A Feasibility Study of an In Situ Retorting Process for Oil Shale	H. E. Gilliland
Further Discussion on Two-Dimensional Method for Predicting Hot Waterflood Recovery Behavior	D. N. Dietz
Further Discussion on Combination Method for Predicting Waterflood Performance for Five-Spot Patterns in Stratified Reservoirs	F. F. Craig Jr.

INDEX

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Index