Home > Industry/Domain > Oil & gas

Oil & gas

Terms concerning oil and gas as a fossil fuel and natural resource.

11Categories 39167Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Oil & gas

Become a Contributors

Oil & gas > Oilfield

casing roller
Oil & gas; Oilfield

A heavy-duty downhole tool used to restore the internal diameter of collapsed or buckled casing. Casing rollers generally are configured with an incremental series of rollers that ...

layer-cake geometry
Oil & gas; Oilfield

A highly simplified description of a geological scenario. Although sometimes used for "quick and dirty" simulation models, this description is often not appropriate for detailed ...

box plots
Oil & gas; Oilfield

A grid pattern laid over a representation of fractures. The number of boxes that contain a fracture is counted and plotted against the box size on logarithmic scales. The slope of ...

cluster
Oil & gas; Oilfield

A group of data points having similar characteristics. These points are usually found by cluster analysis, and are sometimes used to determine electrofacies from wireline data.

micelle
Oil & gas; Oilfield

A group of round hydrocarbon chains formed when the surfactant concentration in an aqueous solution reaches a critical point. The micellar costs depend upon the cost of oil, since ...

tank battery
Oil & gas; Oilfield

A group of tanks that are connected to receive crude oil production from a well or a producing lease. A tank battery is also called a battery. In the tank battery, the oil ...

drop bar
Oil & gas; Oilfield

A heavy steel bar that is dropped through the tubing or running string to fire the percussion detonator on a tubing-conveyed perforating (TCP) gun assembly. The drop bar must be ...

Sub-categories

TermWiki is ranked top innovative application by IDC.

© 2024 CSOFT International, Ltd.   

Follow us on: