this area arc providing new insights into how 

 over-pressured oil and gas move in sedimentary 

 basins. Because the study area encompasses the 

 largest oil field in the continental United States, 

 these insights may have important economic 

 consequences. Researchers are developing visu- 

 al models that reflect changes in temperature, 

 pressure, and strata of sand and shale to allow 

 qualitative evaluation of the rate of fluid flow 

 required to produce these changes. 



SPONSORING AGENCIES AND 

 ORGANIZATIONS 



ARPA 



Cornell Theory Center 



DOE 



EPA 



IBM Corporation 



New York State 



NIH 



NSF 



41 Affiliates at Rice University 



State of Texas 



University of Texas at Austin 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS 



AGIP 



Chevron 



Computational Mechanics Corporation 



Conoco 



Cornell University 



Elf Aquitaine 



Exxon 



HyperMedIa Corporation 



IBM Corporation 



Laniont-Doherty Geological Observatory 



Landmark Graphics 



Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 



Los Alamos National Laboratory 



Louisiana State L'niversity 



Michigan Technological University 



Mobil Exploration and Production Technology and 



Engineering Center 

 Penzoil 



Rice University 

 Texaco 



University of Houston 

 University of Texas 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute 



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