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Reservoir Rocks

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Principles of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering

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Knowledge of the petrophysical and hydrodynamic properties of reservoir rock — properties which control both the distribution and movement of hydrocarbons — are obviously of fundamental importance to the petroleum engineer.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Viale del Risorgimento, 2, I-40136, Bologna, Italy

    Professor Gian Luigi Chierici (Chair of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering)

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Chierici, G.L. (1994). Reservoir Rocks. In: Principles of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02964-0_3

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