W. D. McCain Jr’s research while affiliated with Texas A&M University and other places

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Black oils and volatile oils -- What's the difference
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W. D. McCain Jr

This paper represents the second part of a series which describes the compositional differences between the five types of reservoir fluids, black oils, volatile oils, retrograde gas condensates, wet gases, and dry gases. Compositional differences determine phase diagram characteristics and production techniques. This article addresses the differences between black oils and volatile oils on the molecular and phase response levels. It also addresses methods of predicting recovery by material balance during the depletion drive of an oil field development.

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... Integrating geoscience and reservoir engineering in the oil industry presents many challenges 1 , but offers more opportunities. For example, pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) data are used routinely by reservoir engineers for fluid characterisation and reservoir simulation, mainly for production plans [2][3][4][5] , but these data have other important applications in petroleum exploration, particularly in charge history analysis and migration studies 6,7 . We recently discussed the value added by integrating PVT data and hydrocarbon geochemistry for exploration, reservoir characterisation and reservoir management 8 , and for fault and seal integrity assessment 9,10 . ...

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Phase envelopes in reservoir fill analysis: Two contrasting scenarios
Black oils and volatile oils -- What's the difference
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