Home > Industry/Domain > Oil & gas
Oil & gas
Terms concerning oil and gas as a fossil fuel and natural resource.
11Categories 39167Terms
Add a new termContributors in Oil & gas
Oil & gas > Oilfield 
spinner reversal
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The change in direction of rotation that occurs when a spinner flowmeter tool is moving in the same direction, but faster, than the fluid. When the tool is stationary, moving ...
acid effect
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The change in a pulsed neutron capture measurement produced by acidizing a carbonate formation. Acidizing tends to increase the porosity as well as leave chlorides in the ...
excess cement
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The cement slurry remaining in the wellbore following a cement squeeze in which the objective is to squeeze slurry into the perforations and behind the casing or liner. The volume ...
area open to flow
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The calculated flow area provided by perforations across a specific zone of interest. The resulting value is used to calculate pressure drops and fluid-flow performance.
Sub-categories
- corrosion inhibition (0)
- Downhole (49)
- Drilling (9514)
- Environmental management (93)
- Fuel handling (16)
- Horizontal directional drilling (7)
- Offshore oil exploration (2047)
- Oil (4406)
- Oil & gas instrumentation (856)
- Oilfield (22159)
- Pipeline related (90)