Ch. 32] REFERENCES 613 



SUMMARY 



It has been pointed out that it is important to understand the be- 

 havior of fluids in porous media in order to improve the methods for 

 finding accumulations of oil and for producing the oil when it is found. 

 It is necessary to know what effects in this behavior are caused by 

 variations in both the fluid and rock properties. The way in which the 

 rock is put together and the geometric configuration of the pore spaces, 

 as well as the chemical nature of the interstitial surfaces, control the 

 movements of oil, gas, and water during their original accumulation 

 and also during oil-production operations. Although many of the basic 

 principles of the behavior of fluids in porous media have been estab- 

 lished, much experimental and theoretical work remains yet to be 

 done. There has been very little investigation of the processes of 

 sedimentation and diagenesis in determining the amount and nature of 

 porosity in sediments. 



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Brunauer, Stephen (1943). The adsorption of gases and vapors: Princeton Uni- 

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