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The Influx of Water into the Reservoir

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Chapter 1 explained how all hydrocarbon reservoirs, at the time of their formation, must have been in contact with an aquifer; the very existence of a hydrocarbon accumulation depended, of course, on the migration of oil or gas through permeable strata saturated with water.

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Chierici, G.L. (1994). The Influx of Water into the Reservoir. In: Principles of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02964-0_9

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