Publisher's Synopsis
This volume introduces procedure for simulating migration and entrapment of oil in three dimensions in sequences of sandstines and shales. A principal purpose of the book is to show how simulation experiments can represent oil migration routes and predict places where oil may be trapped in sandstones and shales. It derives the differential equations used to represent three-dimensional motions of porewater ans oil in sedimentary sequences, and shows how the equations may be transformed into finite form for numerical solution with computers. There is emphasis in the graphic display of solutions, and results of example theoretical and actual applications are presented. The book is directed to geologists who have backgrounds in mathematics and computing and who are engaged in oil exploration and production.
