Types of Contaminants

Types of Contaminants

What are Contaminants? Any solutes (contaminants) introduced into the groundwater environment. Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit, or harmful for the physical body,...
Types of Reservoir Drives

Types of Reservoir Drives

The types of reservoir drives—Water Drive, Gas Cap Drive, Dissolved Gas Drive, and Gravity Drive—are natural forces that push hydrocarbons to the surface. Water Drive is the most efficient (up to 60% recovery), while Dissolved Gas Drive is the least (7-15%)....
Salinity: Definition, Effects, and Importance

Salinity: Definition, Effects, and Importance

Salinity makes an extraordinary tracer of water motion inside the ocean. Hence, it’s far routinely measured, at the side of any other conservative tracer, temperature. The salinity of seawater commonly averages around 35 ppt, which means 35 grams of salt in step...