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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finite-conductivity fracture

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A planar crack penetrated by a well or propagated from a well by hydraulic fracturing with nonzero pressure drop in the fracture during production.

infinite-conductivity fracture

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A planar crack penetrated by a well or propagated from a well by hydraulic fracturing with zero pressure drop in the fracture during production.

A piece of steel cable placed inside a logging head that is designed to break at a predetermined tension. If the logging tool becomes stuck in the borehole, there is a danger that the logging cable ...

flowline manifold

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A pipe fitting with several lateral outlets for connecting flowlines from one or more wells. This connection directs flow to heater-treaters, separators or other devices.

downstream pipeline

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A pipeline that receives natural gas or oil from another pipeline at some specific connection point.

fill sub

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A pipe-shaped housing that protects the firing head of a tubing-conveyed perforating gun. It is used to accommodate or deflect debris that might fall toward the firing head while running into the ...

fluid pound

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A phenomenon that occurs when the downhole pump rate exceeds the production rate of the formation. It can also be due to the accumulation of low-pressure gas between the valves. On the downstroke of ...