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perforation
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The communication tunnel created from the casing or liner into the reservoir formation, through which oil or gas is produced. The most common method uses jet perforating guns ...
multiphase fluid flow
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The commingled flow of different phase fluids, such as water, oil and gas. Multiphase fluid flow is a complex factor, important in understanding and optimizing production ...
dual induction
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The combination of a deep-induction and a medium-induction array on the same sonde. In a typical implementation, the two arrays share the same transmitters but have different ...
lost-circulation material
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The collective term for substances added to drilling fluids when drilling fluids are being lost to the formations downhole. Commonly used lost-circulation materials include are ...
reproducibility
Oil & gas; Oilfield
The closeness of agreement between individual results obtained in the normal and correct operation of the same method on identical test material, but under different test ...
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