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multiphase
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Referring to a fluid with several different immiscible fluids (oil, water or gas).
single-phase
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Referring to a flow or other phenomenon with only one component, normally oil, water or gas.
fracture half-length
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Radial distance from the wellbore to the outer tip of a fracture penetrated by the well or propagated from the well by hydraulic fracturing.
fracture conductivity
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Product of fracture permeability times fracture width for a finite-conductivity fracture.
annular production
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Production of formation fluid through the casing-tubing annulus.
backpressure
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Pressure registered on equipment or devices when fluid flows through.
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