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conical projection
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A projection of data from the apex of a cone in a three-dimensional plot onto a surface at the base of the cone. This projection often is performed in log analysis to remove a ...
additivity
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A property of semivariogram models. Any linear combination of admissible models with positive coefficients can be nested or added together. Generally, single models are used for ...
Alford rotation
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A processing technique to project formation shear data recorded in any two orthogonal directions into the fast and slow shear directions in the presence of shear-wave anisotropy. ...
sweetening
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A process used to remove hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from a gas stream. These components are removed because they can form acidic solutions when they ...
radio silence
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A procedure imposed during perforating operations in which radios at or near the wellsite are switched off to prevent accidental detonation of perforating guns. Radio silence is ...
petrophysical model
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A process or procedure used to interpret petrophysical (usually wireline log) data. Usually representing a set of equations, algorithms or other mathematical processes, ...
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