Senior Technical Editor: Yannis C. Yortsos, University of Southern California

Executive Editor, Reservoir Engineering: Behrooz Fattahi, Aera Energy

Review Chairs: Serhat Akin, Middle East Technical University; Anil Ambastha, Chevron; Dennis Beliveau, Consultant; Mojdeh Delshad, Unversity of Texas; Birol Dindoruk, Shell International E&P; Carlos Glandt, Shell International E&P; Richard Hallam, BP America; Seung Kam, Louisiana State University; Apostolos Kantzas, University of Calgary; Sunil Kokal, Saudi Aramco; Anthony Kovscek, Stanford University; Lilian Lo, Shell E&P Company; Shahab Mohaghegh, West Virginia University; Ann Muggeridge, BP; Ferry Nieuwland, BP; Mike O'Dell, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation; Jasper Ring, Chevron North America Upstream; Hemanta Sarma, University of Adelaide; Gary Teletzke, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Marco Thiele, Streamsim Technologies; Diederik van Batenburg, Shell E&P Company; and Burak Yeten, Chevron Corporation.

Executive Editor, Reservoir Evaluation: Alan Johnson, Shell UK

Review Chairs: Cosan Ayan, Schlumberger; Patrick Egermann, Gaz de France; Allyson Gajraj, Golden Eagle International; Robert Harrison, Delta Hydrocarbons; David Larue, Chevron Corporation; Douglas Schmitt, University of Alberta; James Sheng, Total E&P; Omar Varela, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company.

Technical Editors: Yafes Abacioglu, BP; Doddy Abdassah, Bandung Institute of Technology; Gurbat Agaev, Statoil; Roberto Aguilera, University of Calgary; Tarek Ahmed, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Abdullah Alajmi, Kuwait University; Saud Al-Fattah, Saudi Aramco; Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi, Saudi Aramco; Mohammed Al-Matrouk, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research; Ali Al-Meshari, Saudi Aramco; Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Sultan Qaboos University; Jacques Alfenore, Total E&P USA; Luiz Amado, Shell International E&P; Kashy Aminian, West Virginia University; Toshiyuki Anraku, Japan Petroleum Exploration Company; Joseph Ansah, Saudi Aramco; Matthias Appel, Shell E&P Technology Company; Aura Araque-Martinez, Object Reservoir; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Kazuhiro Asakawa, Petrotel; Abdolrahim Ataei, Petronas; Luis Ayala, Pennsylvania State University; Subhash Ayirala, Shell International E&P; Oluropo Ayodele, Shell E&P Company; Muhammad Ayub, Saudi Aramco; Tayfun Babadagli, University of Alberta; Ali Bagci, Heriot-Watt University; Asnul Bahar, Kelkar & Associates; William Bailey, Schlumberger; Erik Banning, Shell; Indranil Barman, Matador Resources; Philip Bassant, Chevron; Peter Bastian, Unconventional Gas Resources; Samih Batarseh, Aera Energy; Roderick Batycky, StreamSim Technologies; Ronald Behrens, Chevron Corporation; Alexander Belien, Computer Modeling Group; Elisabeth Bemer, Institute Francais du Petrol; Roman Berenblyum, International Research Insitute of Stavanger; Henri Bertin, LEPT – ENSAM; Gregg Birrell, Grail Petroleum; Thomas Blasingame, Texas A&M University; Diederik Boersma, Petroleum Development Oman; Paul Bondor, Bontech; Garfield Bowen, Schlumberger; Bryan Bracken, Chevron; Robert Bruant, BP; Steven Bryant, University of Texas; Thang Bui, Schlumberger; Bruno Caline, Total E&P; Rodolfo Camacho Velazquez, Pemex; Andrew Carnegie, Schlumberger; Louis Castanier, Stanford University; Alexandre Castellini, Chevron; Abel Chacon, BP America; Mark Chapin, Shell Deepwater Services; Andrew Chen, BP Canada Energy Company; Chih Chen, Kappa; Jiansheng Chen, Baker Hughes; Songhua Chen, Baker Atlas; Yuguang Chen, Chevron; Arthur Cheng, Cambridge Geosciences; Hao Cheng, Chevron Corporation; Yueming Cheng, West Virginia University; Yaw Peng Cheong, PTTEP Thailand; Chii-Shyoung Chiou, ExxonMobil Production Company; Manoj Choudhary, Chevron Corporation; Jes Christensen, OMV Exploration/Production; Philip Christie, Schlumberger; Yildiray Cinar, University of New South Wales; Jean-Baptiste Clavaud, Chevron Corporation; Torsten Clemens, OMV Exploration/Production; Peter Clifford, BP America; Philip Closmann, Consultant; Benoit Couet, Doll Research; Stephen Coutts, Shell; Steven Crary, Schlumberger; Jefferson Creek, Chevron; Myrt Cribbs, Chevron Corporation; Luciane Cunha, University of Alberta; Abhijit Dandekar, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Swapan Das, ConocoPhillips Company; Gopa De, Chevron; Kaveh Dehghani, Chevron; Geurt Deinum, Petroleum Development Oman; Pierre Delfiner, Total; Mohammad Delshad, Saudi Aramco; Milind Deo, University of Utah; Richard Dessenberger, Knowledge Reservoir; Clayton Deutsch, University of Alberta; Edward Dezabala, Chevron; Deniz Dindoruk, Shell E&P Company; Minghua Ding, Shell Canada; Iskander Diyashev, IRDC; David Dratler, ExxonMobil; Yuqi Du, Repsol; Steven Duguid, Core Labs UK; Marc Durandeau, Total; Maurice Dusseault, University of Waterloo; Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Ahmed El-Banbi, Schlumberger; Hani Elshahawi, Shell; Adel Elsharkawy, Kuwait University; Mohammed Emera, Cairo University; Thomas Engler, New Mexico Technology; Turgay Ertekin, Pennsylvania State University; Freddy Escobar, Surcolombiana University; Russell Ewy, Chevron; Windsong Fang, ConocoPhillips; Christopher Farmer, Schlumberger; Darryl Fenwick, Streamsim Technologies; William Fitchen, Occidental of Oman; Paul Fjerstad, Chevron Corporation; Peter Fokker, TNO Institute Applied Geosciences; Jerry Fontanilla, Saudi Aramco; James Foreman, ExxonMobil Exploration Company; Joanne Fredrich, BP America; Donna Freyder, Consultant; Elton Frost, Atlas Wireline Services; Leonhard Ganzer, Mining University of Leoben; Guohua Gao, Chevron Corporation; Li Gao, Halliburton; Razi Gaskari, Merrick Systems; Ahmad Ghassemi, University of North Dakota; Harvey Goodman, Chevron; Malcolm Greaves, University of Bath; Don Green, University of Kansas; Herve Gross, Chevron Corporation; Linhua Guan, Statoil; Fawzi Guehria, Schlumberger; Anuj Gupta, The Petroleum Institute; Asbjorn Gyllensten, ADCO Producing Company; Teruhiko Hagiwara, Shell; Choongyong Han, Chevron; Gang Han, Hess Corporation; Abdallah Harouaka, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Mining; William Haskett, Decision Strategies; Dimitrios Hatzignatiou, International Research Institute of Stavanger; Jeff Hawkins, BHP Billiton; Asadollah Hayatdavoudi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Ehtesham Hayder, Saudi Aramco; Byron Haynes, Shell E&P Company; Randy Hazlett, Potential Research Solutions; Chuanping He, ConocoPhillips Company; Kes Heffer, Heriot-Watt University; Mohamed Helmy, ExxonMobil Development Company; Kesavalu Hemanthkumar, Saudi Aramco; Julio Herbas, BP; Marc Hettema, Statoil; Paul Hicks, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; George Hirasaki, Rice University; Kirk Hird, BP; Viet Hoang, ChevronTexaco Energy Research; Mehdi Matt Honarpour, ExxonMobil; Roland Horne, Stanford University; Xuri Huang, Golden Eagle International; Clark Huffman, Consultant; Mun-Hong Hui, Chevron; Sharon Hurst, Consultant; Olaf Huseby, Institute for Energiteknikk; Odd Hustad, Statoil; Myung Hwang, Petrotel; Dilhan Ilk, Texas A&M University; Solomon Inikori, Shell International E&P; Gamze Ipek, Alberta Research Council; Rosemary Irrgang, Irrgang Reservoir Management Proprietary; D. Elden Jaafar, Shell Canada; Richard Jackson, Schlumberger; Bruce James, Woodside Energy; Shekhar Jayanti, Petrotel; Creties Jenkins, DeGolyer and MacNaughton; Ole Jensen, Consultant; Kristian Jessen, University of Southern California; Feng Jian, Chevron; Sinisha Jikich, National Energy Technology Laboratory; Russell Johns, University of Texas; Alistair Jones, BP Exploration; Jeffrey Jones, Nations Petroleum; Gerard Joosten, Shell International E&P; Nikhil Joshi, Moulinex Business Services; Sameer Joshi, Schlumberger; Ruben Juanes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mohammed Kalam, Abu Dhabi Company Onshore Oil Operations; Jairam Kamath, Chevron; Ozgen Karacan, Middle East Technical University; Zuleima Karpyn, Pennsylvania State University; Ekrem Kasap, Shell; Keith Katahara, Hydro Gulf of Mexico; Mohan Kelkar, University of Tulsa; Roy Kelly, Exploration Consultants; Bill Kempner, Chevron E&P Services Company; Mashiur Khan, BP E&P; Arun Kharghoria, Petrol, Gregory King, Chevron Overseas Petroleum; Louis Klonsky, Chevron Corporation; Sait Kocberber, ExxonMobil; Richard Koepnick, Qatar Petroleum; George Koperna, Advanced Resources International; Erwin Kroemer, ExxonMobil; Rajesh Kumar, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation; Tara LaForce, University of Wyoming; Larry Lake, University of Texas; Bob Langan, Chevron Production Technology Company; Stephen Laubach, Bureau of Economic Geology; Jaedong Lee, Baker Hughes; Jong Lee, Consultant; Dacun Li, BP; Gaoming Li, University of Tulsa; Liyong Li, Chevron Corporation; Yan Li, Chevron; Jenn-Tai Liang, University of Kansas; Eliana Luci Ligero, University Estadual de Campinas; Niels Lindeloff, Maersk Oil; Kai Liu, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Christopher Lolley, Chevron Corporation; Jean-Marc Lombard, Institute Francais du Petrol; Wim Looyestijn, Shell International E&P BV; Pengbo Lu, ExxonMobil; Sameh Macary, Chevron; Jagannathan Mahadevan, University of Tulsa; Kenneth Mahrer, Weatherford International; Pierre-David Maizeret, Schlumberger; Adel Malallah, Kuwait University; Daniel Maloney, ConocoPhillips; Eduardo Manrique, Norwest Questa Engineering; Jorge Manrique, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation; Rahim Masoudi, Petronas; Paul Massarotto, University of Queensland; Michael McCracken, ExxonMobil Corporation; Duane McVay, Texas A&M University; Mark Meadows, 4th Wave Imaging; William Meddaugh, Chevron; Don Medwedeff, Chevron; Palle Mikkelsen, Murphy Sarawak Oil Company; William Milliken, Chevron; Andrew Mills, Esso Australia Proprietary; Ilya Mishev, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Martin Mlacnik, ConocoPhillips Company; Jorge Palomino Monteagudo, ConocoPhillips; Rosangela Moreno, State University of Campinas; George Moridis, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Charles Morris, Schlumberger; Robert Mott, Pera; Didier-Rene Muller, Total; P.N. Mutalik, Williams E&P; Geir Naevdal, International Research Institute of Stavanger; Keshav Narayanan, Occidental Permian; Wayne Narr, Chevron; Ibrahim Nashawi, Kuwait University; Hadi Nasrabadi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Viet Nguyen, University of New South Wales; Kurt Nihei, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Myeong Noh, Chevron Corporation; Rashed Noman, Qatar Petroleum; Jan-Erik Nordtvedt, Epsis; Stephen Norris, J-W Operating Company; Peyman Nurafza, Total E&P UK; William O'Brien, Occidental of Elk Hills; Kolawole Ojo, Apache Corporation; Ender Okandan, Middle East Technical University; David Olgaard, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Seehong Ong, Baker Atlas; Mustafa Onur, Istanbul Technical University; Michael Onyekonwu, University of Port Harcourt; Cesar Ovalles, Chevron; Erdal Ozkan, Colorado School of Mines; Geoffrey Page, Baker Hughes; Phiroze Patel, Aera Energy; Wayne Pennington, Michigan Tech University; Gherson Penuela, BP; Adolfo Pires, VENF-LENEP; Mehran Pooladi-Darvish, Fekete Associates; Andrei Popa, Chevron Corporation; Klaus Potsch, OMV; David Potter, Herriot-Watt University; Erwin Putra, Kinder Morgan; Michael Pyrcz, Chevron Corporation; N. M. Rahman, Schlumberger; Chandra Rai, University of Oklahoma; Avnish Rajvanshi, Qatar Petroleum; Vijay Ramlal, Petrotrin; Hossein Rassamdana, State Lands Commission; Alan Reed, Chevron Corporation; Leandro Reis, Petrobras Cenpes; Jon Ringen, Statoil; Nestor Rivera, Chevron Corporation; Randahl Roadifer, ConocoPhillips Company; John Robinson, North Ranch Resources; William Rossen, Delft University of Technology; Richard Rosthal, Schlumberger; Partha Routh, ConocoPhillips Company; Ritesh Sablok, Chevron; Rajiv Sagar, Schlumberger; Muhammad Sahimi, University of Southern California; Miguel Saldana, BP; Phillip Salvador, ConocoPhillips Indonesia; Pierre Samier, Total; Amit Sarkar, Shell; Cengiz Satik, Chevron ; Thomas Schaaf, Gaz de France; Josephina Schembre-McCabe, Chevron Corporation; Lanny Schoeling, Shell E&P Company; Dirk Seifert, Shell International E&P; John Shafer, Reservoir Management Group; Keith Shanley, The Discovery Group; Vasilii Shelkov, Rock Flow Dynamics; Olawale Shokoya, Shell; Michael G. Shook, Chevron; Vijay Shrivastava, Computer Modelling Group; Edmond Shtepani, Hycal Energy Research Laboratories; Shameem Siddiqui, Texas Tech University; Mohit Singh, Shell E&P Company, Ashok Sinha, Baker Hughes; Arne Skauge, Center for Integrated Petroleum Research; Robertus Smits, Shell International E&P; Jurgantono Soeriawinata, Petroleum Development Oman; Mirano Spalburg, Shell E&P Company; Michael Spearing, BP Exploration Operating Company; Elizabeth Spiteri, Chevron Corporation; Roberto Suarez-Rivera, Schlumberger; Saifullah Talukdar, Statoil; Mohammad Tamim, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; Guo-Qing Tang, Chevron; Hong Tang; Chevron; Raj Tewari, Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd; E.C. Thomas, Bayou Petrophysics; Jacob Thomas, Halliburton; Sara Thomas, PERL Canada; Leslie Thompson, University of Tulsa; Julian Thorne, Chevron; Thomas Tran, Chevron Corporation; Jalal Torabzadeh, California State University; Emmanuel Toumelin, Chevron North American E&P; Peter Townsley; TRACS International Consultancy; Ioannis Tsimpanogiannis, Los Alamos National Lab; Dallas Tubbs; Chevron Corporation; Azra Tutuncu, Shell International E&P; Yoshiaki Ueda, Arabian Oil Company; Servet Unalmiser, Saudi Aramco; Alfredo Urdaneta, Aera Energy; Marios Valavanides, TEI – Athens; Willem Van De Graaff, PanTerra Geoconsultants; Erik Van der Steen, Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd; Jip Van Eijden, Shell International. E&P Company; Marco Verlaan, Shell; Jacques Vittori, Total; Dyung Vo, Chevron Thailand E&P; John Waggoner, Schlumberger; Michael Walker, Walker Petrophysics; Jianxin Wang, Chevron; Pengju Wang, BP; Nikos Varotsis, Technology University of Crete; Yuandong Wang, Schlumberger DCS, Michael Ward, BP Exploration; Lawrence Weber, ExxonMobil Exploration Company; Michael Webster, BP; John Weisgram, Bainbridge Petroleum Consulting; Peter Whattler, Consultant; Amy Whitaker, Chevron; Christopher White, Louisiana State University; Lee Whitebay, Whitebay & Associates; Mark Widener, Chevron Corporation; Eric Withjack, BreitBurn Energy Company; Congjiao Xie, Imperial College; Hongjie Xiong, ConocoPhillips; Qiang Xu, Curtain University of Technology; Wenlong Xu, Parallel Data System; Fulin Yang, University of Wyoming; Calvin Yao, Shell E&P Company; Hasan Yildiz, Istanbul Technical University; Hongjun Yin, Daqing Petroleum Institute; Georg Zangl, Schlumberger; Murat Zeybek, Schlumberger; Fengjun Zhang, Chevron Corporation; Haoran Zhang, PetEng Plus; Pinggang Zhang, BP; Gang Zhao, University of Regina; Ziqiong Zheng, Baker Hughes INTEQ; Victor Ziegler, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation; and Robert Zimmerman, Imperial College.