PETE 1010 : Midterm Test 1
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Permeability a measure of the ease with which a fluid flows through the connecting pore spaces of rock or cement. Movement is mostly vertical in _______ and _______ faults. porosity the ratio of the volume of empty space to the volume of solid rock in a formation, indicating how much fluid a rock can hold is ______________ If they do, the fracture is call a __________. syncline a ___________ is a trough-shaped configuration of folded rock layers. True seismology works well for petroleum geologist/engineers to discover traps that might hold petroleum, because the earth"s crust has many layers of differing thicknesses and densities. When energy from the surface, such as an explosion, strikes the layers beneth, part of the energy travels through the layers and part of it is reflected back to the surface. (t/f) True ormal pressure in a reservoir canbe maintained when a direct connection to the surface exists.
