terms:reservoir_drive_mechanism
The natural energy by which reservoir fluids are caused to flow out of the reservoir rock and into a wellbore. Solution-gas drives depend on the fact that, as the reservoir is produced, pressure is reduced, allowing the gas to expand and provide the driving energy. Water-drive reservoirs depend on water pressure to force the hydrocarbons out of the reservoir and into the wellbore.
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