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benthic
Oil & gas; Drilling

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

borehole gravity
Oil & gas; Drilling

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 ...

abyssal
Oil & gas; Drilling

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; Drilling

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 ...

thixotropic
Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to the ability of a fluid, such as cement or drilling mud, to develop gel strength over time when not subject to shearing, and then to liquefy when agitated.

time-lapse
Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to techniques in which the same quantity is measured at different times in the life of a reservoir. Normally the only change in a time-lapse measurement or survey will ...

harmonic
Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to structures in which the shapes of adjacent layers resemble or conform to one another. Folds of rock layers that have similar mechanical properties or competence tend ...

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