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This is known as a cap rock.
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What impermeable rock that occurs at the top of an oil reservoir?
well according to my research impermeable rock that occurs at the top of an oil reservoir is called cap rock
What is the best reservoir rock?
Porous sandstone is a good reservoir rock for its porosity enables it to store the fluid (oil?) and also to allow easy release. Compare with oil shale, where the rock is very fine grained and will not release the fluid easily. Both would ideally be capped with an impermeable cap rock to constrain the oil.
What is a rock that stops the flow of water?
impermeable rock
At the top of an oil reservoir is a layer of?
oil, gas, rock, water
How do permeable and impermeable rock layers contribute to the formation of a spring?
The water sinks through the ground through permeable rock and is concentrating when it arrives to impermeable rock. When due to erosion the impermeable rock carrying water is exposed, the water appears as a spring.
What impermeable rock that occurs at the top of an oil reservoir?
well according to my research impermeable rock that occurs at the top of an oil reservoir is called cap rock
What impermeable rock occurs at the top of an oil reservoir?
well according to my research impermeable rock that occurs at the top of an oil reservoir is called cap rock
Describe an oil and natural gas reservoir that might be found beneath an impermeable rock layer?
the generator spins and the turbine help i keep the steam
Is the water table below the layer of impermeable rock?
No, impermeable rock is the layer of rock that water CAN'T pass.
What type of sedimentary rock is impermeable?
Shale is the type of sedimentary rock that is impermeable.
What is the best reservoir rock?
Porous sandstone is a good reservoir rock for its porosity enables it to store the fluid (oil?) and also to allow easy release. Compare with oil shale, where the rock is very fine grained and will not release the fluid easily. Both would ideally be capped with an impermeable cap rock to constrain the oil.
At the top of an oil reservoir is a layer of?
oil, gas, rock, water
What is a rock that stops the flow of water?
impermeable rock
How do permeable and impermeable rock layers contribute to the formation of a spring?
The water sinks through the ground through permeable rock and is concentrating when it arrives to impermeable rock. When due to erosion the impermeable rock carrying water is exposed, the water appears as a spring.
An example of the impermeable rock?
Granite, Clay.
What do you call ground or rock that can't absorb water?
Impermeable rock
Is sand stone impermeable?
yes impermeable stone,rock or sand is not hard lol me so clever my name is spoz.............
