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PINCIPIOS DE
INGENIERA DE
PETROLEO

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- reservoir as an accumulation of hydrocarbon in porous permeable sedimentary rocks.

- It might be assurned that less than 10% of petroleunl generated in source rocks is
both
expelled and trapped
- The characterIstic forms of petroleum trap are known as structural and stratigraphic
traps
- We will define a fluid contact between oil and water as the depth in the reservoir at
which the pressure in the oil phase (Po) is equal to the pressure in the water phase
(Pw).
- Strictly speaking, the position Po = Pw defines the free water level (FWL), as in some
reservoirs a zone of 100% water saturation can occur above the free water level by
capillarity