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Maintaining Oil Production from Marginal Fields

A Review of the Department of Energy’s Reservoir Class Program

Panel on the Review of the Oil Recovery Demonstration Program of the Department of Energy

Committee on Earth Resources

Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.

1996

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1996. Maintaining Oil Production from Marginal Fields: A Review of the Department of Energy's Reservoir Class Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9143.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the panel responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

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COVER: The cover shows a seismic profile composed of hundreds of vertically-oriented reflection seismograms that are combined to image subsurface geologic structures. Seismic profiles are an important tool in petroleum and reservoir characterization.

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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1996. Maintaining Oil Production from Marginal Fields: A Review of the Department of Energy's Reservoir Class Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9143.
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PANEL ON THE REVIEW OF THE OIL RECOVERY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

CHARLES G. GROAT,

University of Texas, El Paso,

Chairman

ARTHUR C. H. CHENG,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

JAMES A. DRAHOVZAL,

Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington

GEORGE J. HIRASAKI,

Rice University, Houston, Texas

NEIL F. HURLEY,

Marathon Oil Company, Littleton, Colorado

RANDI S. MARTINSEN,

University of Wyoming, Laramie

CHARLES S. MATTHEWS, Petroleum Engineering Consultant,

Houston, Texas

ARTHUR H. SALLER,

Unocal Oil and Gas Corporation, Houston, Texas

ROBERT J. WEIMER,

Colorado School of Mines, Golden

W. FRANK WEST,

PACO Minerals, Inc., Dallas, Texas

Staff

CRAIG M. SCHIFFRIES, Study Director (beginning June 1995)

KEVIN D. CROWLEY, Study Director (through June 1995)

JONATHAN G. PRICE, Study Director (through February 1995)

LALLY ANNE ANDERSON, Staff Associate

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1996. Maintaining Oil Production from Marginal Fields: A Review of the Department of Energy's Reservoir Class Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9143.
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COMMITTEE ON EARTH RESOURCES

CAREL OTTE, Jr., Independent Geologist,

LaCañada, California,

Chairman

PHILIP H. ABELSON,

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.

SAMUEL S. ADAMS, Minerals Consultant,

Lincoln, New Hampshire

JOEL DARMSTADTER,

Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

RODERICK G. EGGERT,

Colorado School of Mines, Golden

MARCO T. EINAUDI,

Stanford University, California

NORMAN H. FOSTER, Independent Petroleum Geologist,

Denver, Colorado

CHARLES G. GROAT,

University of Texas, El Paso

PERRY R. HAGENSTEIN,

Resources Issues, Inc., Wayland, Massachusetts

DONALD C. HANEY,

Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington

PHILIP E. LaMOREAUX,

P. E. LaMoreaux and Associates, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

SUSAN M. LANDON,

Thomasson Partner Associates, Denver, Colorado

JILL D. PASTERIS,

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

JONATHAN G. PRICE,

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno (beginning March 1, 1995)

NOEL TYLER,

Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, Austin

W. FRANK WEST,

PACO Minerals, Inc., Dallas, Texas

Staff

CRAIG M. SCHIFFRIES, Director

JUDITH L. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1996. Maintaining Oil Production from Marginal Fields: A Review of the Department of Energy's Reservoir Class Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9143.
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BOARD ON EARTH SCIENCES AND RESOURCES

J. FREEMAN GILBERT,

University of California, San Diego,

Chairman

THURE CERLING,

University of Utah, Salt Lake City

MARK P. CLOOS,

University of Texas, Austin

JOEL DARMSTADTER,

Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

KENNETH I. DAUGHERTY,

E-Systems, Fairfax, Virginia

WILLIAM R. DICKINSON,

University of Arizona, Tucson, emeritus

MARCO T. EINAUDI,

Stanford University, California

NORMAN H. FOSTER, Independent Petroleum Geologist,

Denver, Colorado

CHARLES G. GROAT,

University of Texas, El Paso

DONALD C. HANEY,

Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington

SUSAN M. KIDWELL,

University of Chicago, Illinois

SUSAN KIEFFER,

Kieffer & Woo, Inc., Ontario, Canada

PHILIP E. LaMOREAUX,

P. E. LaMoreaux and Associates, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

SUSAN M. LANDON,

Thomasson Partner Associates, Denver, Colorado

J. BERNARD MINSTER,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

ALEXANDRA NAVROTSKY,

Princeton University, New Jersey

JILL D. PASTERIS,

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

EDWARD C. ROY, Jr.,

Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

Staff

CRAIG M. SCHIFFRIES, Director

THOMAS M. USSELMAN, Associate Director

INA B. ALTERMAN, Senior Program Officer

WILLIAM E. BENSON, Senior Program Officer

ANNE M. LINN, Senior Program Officer

CHARLES MEADE, Program Officer

LALLY ANNE ANDERSON, Staff Associate

VERNA J. BOWEN, Administrative Assistant

JENNIFER T. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant

JUDITH L. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1996. Maintaining Oil Production from Marginal Fields: A Review of the Department of Energy's Reservoir Class Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9143.
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COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES

M. GORDON WOLMAN,

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland,

Chairman

PATRICK R. ATKINS,

Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

JAMES P. BRUCE,

Canadian Climate Program Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

WILLIAM L. FISHER,

University of Texas, Austin

JERRY F. FRANKLIN,

University of Washington, Seattle

GEORGE M. HORNBERGER,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

DEBRA KNOPMAN,

Progressive Foundation, Washington, D.C.

PERRY L. MCCARTY,

Stanford University, California

JUDITH E. MCDOWELL,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts

S. GEORGE PHILANDER,

Princeton University, New Jersey

RAYMOND A. PRICE,

Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada

THOMAS C. SCHELLING,

University of Maryland, College Park

ELLEN SILBERGELD,

University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore

STEVEN M. STANLEY,

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

VICTORIA J. TSCHINKEL,

Landers and Parsons, Tallahassee, Florida

Staff

STEPHEN RATTIEN, Executive Director

STEPHEN D. PARKER, Associate Executive Director

MORGAN GOPNIK, Assistant Executive Director

GREGORY H. SYMMES, Reports Officer

JAMES MALLORY, Administrative Officer

SANDI FITZPATRICK, Administrative Associate

SUSAN SHERWIN, Project Assistant

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1996. Maintaining Oil Production from Marginal Fields: A Review of the Department of Energy's Reservoir Class Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9143.
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