Definition of 'connate water'
connate water in the Oil and Gas Industry
(kɒneɪt wɔtər)noun
(Extractive engineering: Petroleum geology)
Connate water occurs as a film of water around each grain of sand in granular reservoir rock and
is held in place by capillary attraction.
Because most petroleum was initially formed from matter settling to the ocean floor,
some salt water remains in the rock pores. This water is called connate water.
Connate water is water which is trapped in rock pores.
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