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impermeable
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Pertaining to a rock that is incapable of transmitting fluids because of low permeability. Shale has a high porosity, but its pores are small and disconnected, so it is relatively ...
post-mature
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Pertaining to a hydrocarbon source rock that has generated as much hydrocarbon as possible and is becoming thermally altered.
overmature
Oil & gas; Oilfield
Pertaining to a hydrocarbon source rock that has generated as much hydrocarbon as possible and is becoming thermally altered.
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