Oilfield

Oilfield

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

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Oilfield

The description of a proposed wellbore, including the shape, orientation, depth, completion, and evaluation. Well plans might be relatively simple for vertical wellbores. Directional or horizontal ...

last reading

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The depth of the last reliable reading of a log. For the normal bottom-to-top survey, the last reliable reading often occurs just before the logging tool enters the casing. With several logging tools ...

liquid level

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The depth at which the first liquid is found in a well.

pick-up

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The depth at which the tool string is picked up off the bottom of the well during a wireline logging survey. Pick-up can be observed by an increase in cable tension and by the start of activity in ...

free point

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The depth at which a tubing or coiled tubing string that is stuck in the wellbore is free to move. When the tubing string must be cut to enable recovery, the free point should be known to ensure ...

carbon density

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The density of carbon in oil. This density affects the interpretation of the carbon-oxygen log. The term may also be used for the density of carbon in other materials.

dielectric permittivity

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The degree to which a medium resists the flow of electric charge, defined as the ratio of the electric displacement to the electric field strength. It is more common to use the relative dielectric ...