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ultrasonic measurement
Oil & gas; Oilfield
In the context of borehole logging, measurements of acoustic signals that are in the hundreds of kilohertz to the low-megahertz range. Such ultrasonic instruments are mostly of ...
undertravel
Oil & gas; Oilfield
In sucker-rod pumping, a situation that occurs when the stroke length at the downhole pump is shorter than the surface stroke length.
critical flow rate
Oil & gas; Oilfield
In sand control operations, the maximum production rate below which the production of solids along with the produced fluid is uniform. When the flow rate exceeds this threshold, ...
compatibility
Oil & gas; Oilfield
In matrix stimulation, a characteristic of rock that indicates formation permeability is not reduced when treating fluids and their additives contact the formation minerals or ...
Taylor bubbles
Oil & gas; Oilfield
In multiphase flow, large bubbles of the lighter phase that form by coalescence of small bubbles under certain conditions of fluid flow. The large bubbles occur during slug flow ...
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