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Bound water

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000431

Water within a rock's pore space that is immobile due to capillary forces or adsorption to mineral surfaces, particularly clays. This water does not participate in fluid flow and is not produced with hydrocarbons. It is a component of the irreducible water saturation and affects the interpretation of resistivity logs.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000431
FieldOil and gas
SubjectFormation Evaluation
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000431",
  "term": "Bound water",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "Water within a rock's pore space that is immobile due to capillary forces or adsorption to mineral surfaces, particularly clays. This water does not participate in fluid flow and is not produced with hydrocarbons. It is a component of the irreducible water saturation and affects the interpretation of resistivity logs.",
  "subject": "Formation Evaluation",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/bound-water/"
}

Record 464 of 4,468 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.