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blended crude
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A mixture of crude oils, blended in the pipeline to create a crude with specific physical properties. Because heavy and extra-heavy crudes or bitumens cannot flow from the field ...
horizontal severance
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A method to convey or reserve oil, gas or mineral rights at specific depths or geologic horizons.
vertical severance
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A method to convey or reserve oil, gas, or mineral rights in a defined portion of land such as the Northwest Quarter of a tract.
Bayesian method
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A method of updating distributions that requires that prior distributions of the required geological characteristics are defined and that calculation of the posterior ...
hot waterflooding
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A method of thermal recovery in which hot water is injected into a reservoir through specially distributed injection wells. Hot waterflooding reduces the viscosity of the crude ...
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