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water coning: a standalone construct

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waterconing1 CONSTRUCTWater coningMUSKAT · PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

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Petroleum engineering

upward deformation of the oil-water contact toward a producing well when drawdown overcomes gravity, bringing water into the well.

In petroleum engineering, water coning refers to upward deformation of the oil-water contact toward a producing well when drawdown overcomes gravity, bringing water into the well. This meaning comes from Muskat (1935) in Transactions of the AIME.[1]

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References

  1. Muskat, M., & Wyckoff, R. D. (1935). An Approximate Theory of Water-coning in Oil Production. Transactions of the AIME, 114(01), 144-163. https://doi.org/10.2118/935144-g

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