Oil & gas

Oil & gas

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high-pressure, high-temperature

Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to wells that are hotter or higher pressure than most. The term came into use upon the release of the Cullen report on the Piper Alpha platform disaster in the UK ...

seismic

Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to waves of elastic energy, such as that transmitted by P-waves and S-waves, in the frequency range of approximately 1 to 100 Hz. Seismic energy is studied by ...

geometric

Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to variation of the survey geometry while maintaining the frequency of electromagnetic surveying. In contrast, parametric pertains to keeping frequency the same while ...

hydrophilic

Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to an attraction for water by the surface of a material or a molecule. Clays and most other natural minerals used in drilling fluids, such as barite and hematite, are ...

lipophilic

Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to an attraction for oil by a surface of a material or a molecule. This term is applied to the oil-wetting behavior of treatment chemicals for oil muds. Lipophilic ...

alkaline

Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to an aqueous solution, such as a water-base drilling fluid, which has more hydroxyl ions (OH - ) than hydrogen ions (H + ) and pH greater than 7.