Oilfield

Oilfield

Oilfield refers to a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below the ground.

Industry: Oil & gas

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ball sealer

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Small spheres designed to seal perforations that are accepting the most fluid, thereby diverting reservoir treatments to other portions of the target zone. Ball sealers are incorporated into the ...

Several pipes (production or injection, gas lift) that are jointly insulated to keep together production lines. The bundle minimizes heat transfer and avoids hydrate or wax deposition that could plug ...

steady-state behavior

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Simultaneously constant pressure (wellhead or bottomhole) and flow rate. This behavior can result when there is pressure support, either naturally through an aquifer or gas-cap drive, or artificially ...

proppant

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Sized particles mixed with fracturing fluid to hold fractures open after a hydraulic fracturing treatment. In addition to naturally occurring sand grains, man-made or specially engineered proppants, ...