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eolian
Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to the environment of deposition of sediments by wind, such as the sand dunes in a desert. Because fine-grained sediments such as clays are removed easily from ...

bathyal
Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to the environment of deposition and the organisms of the ocean between depths of 200 m (656 ft), the edge of the continental shelf, and 2000 m (6560 ft). The bathyal ...

oil-wet
Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to the preference of a solid to be in contact with an oil phase rather than a water or gas phase. Oil-wet rocks preferentially imbibe oil. Generally, polar compounds or ...

borehole gravity
Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to the detection of the Earth's gravitational field within a wellbore. Subtle vertical variations of the Earth's gravity field may be detected over the length ...

benthic
Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to the environment and conditions of organisms living at the water bottom, or benthos. Also called benthonic.

abyssal
Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to the depositional environment of the deepest area of the ocean basins, the abyss. The depositional energy is low, the abyssal plain is flat and nearly horizontal, and ...

water-wet
Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to the adhesion of a liquid to the surface of a solid. In water-wet conditions, a thin film of water coats the surface of the formation matrix, a condition that is ...

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