Abstract

"The study of the migration and accumulation of petroleum has very naturally been analytic, with the result that we have had a variety of studies of its several features. the generation of petroleum, its migration and its accumulation in reservoir rocks is not a rapid process which may be accomplished and terminated in a comparatively short time, but one of long and almost continuous operation from the time of its inception. In this study the author is not attempting to formulate a new theory for the movement of oil from its point of origin to its final point of accumulation into pools of commercial size. Rather he is attempting to segregate and then string together some of the essential elements involved in the mechanics of oil movements. The material presented in this paper has not been gotten from laboratory for field observation, but from a critical study of the literature on the subject discussed"--Introduction, page 3.

Advisor(s)

Forbes, Carroll Ralph

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

Degree Name

Professional Degree in Mining Engineering

Comments

Illustrated by author.

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1928

Pagination

vi, 72 pages, 7 plates

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-72) and index (pages 73-81).

Rights

© 1928 William Reed Quilliam, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Petroleum -- Geology
Petroleum -- Migration

Thesis Number

T 545

Print OCLC #

5959591

Electronic OCLC #

449243642

Download

Share

 
COinS