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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 ...

LPG

Oil & gas; Oilfield

See liquefied petroleum gas.

bundle

Oil & gas; Oilfield

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...