Oilfield

Oilfield

Oilfield refers to a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below the ground.

Industry: Oil & gas

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thermal recovery

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A general term for injection processes that introduce heat into a reservoir. Thermal recovery is used to produce viscous, thick oils with API gravities less than 20. These oils cannot flow unless ...

casing test

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A general term used to describe a drillstem test (DST) performed in cased hole.

A generic name for a tool or device that is used in the placement or setting of downhole equipment such as permanent packers or plugs. The running tool can be retrieved after the operation or setting ...

fluid invasion

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A general term to describe the presence of a particular fluid in an undesirable area, such as the movement of drilling mud into a section of the reservoir formation.

chemical injection

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A general term for injection processes that use special chemical solutions to improve oil recovery, remove formation damage, clean blocked perforations or formation layers, reduce or inhibit ...

miscible displacement

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A general term for injection processes that introduce miscible gases into the reservoir. A miscible displacement process maintains reservoir pressure and improves oil displacement because the ...

cycle gas

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A gas that is compressed and injected back to the reservoir. In gas-condensate reservoirs, after the liquids or condensate are recovered at the surface, the residue gas (dry gas) is returned to the ...