... mudrocks. The study shows that both the primary depositional mineralogy and the burial history influence the undrained shear behaviour. It is also seen that diagenetic reactions greatly increase both the undrained peak strength and shear stiffness for mudrocks. Introduction Argillaceous sediments like...

... in Figure 1, and this material plugs downstream separators, exchangers and the fractionating tower trays. The amount of solid-like material, or sediment, depends on the identity of the crude oil, as shown in Figure 2. The sediment contains coke(toluene insolubles). The amount of coke in the sediment from...

... shutting down the process facilities and dismantling and removing equipment, buildings and storage facilities. In addition to the normal generation and accumulation of liquid and solid wastes such as sludge's and sediments, years of plant operation generally are accompanied by spills and leaks of process...

... importance to the petroleum exploration industy and in the formation of government energy policies. Various techniques are available to make these assessments. For example, estimates can be made of the volumes of sediments remaining to be explored and a judgment factor applied to these to arrive at possible...

... cores nor drill samples were examined. The accompanying description of geology is based upon log examination and the writers' previous experience with Mannville sediments. HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT Mannville sands near the city of Lloydminster yielded the first hydrocarbons produced in Saskat- chewan...