Oilfield

Oilfield

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

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Oilfield

In the context of borehole logging, measurements of acoustic signals that are in the hundreds of kilohertz to the low-megahertz range. Such ultrasonic instruments are mostly of the pulse-echo type, ...

undertravel

Oil & gas; Oilfield

In sucker-rod pumping, a situation that occurs when the stroke length at the downhole pump is shorter than the surface stroke length.

critical flow rate

Oil & gas; Oilfield

In sand control operations, the maximum production rate below which the production of solids along with the produced fluid is uniform. When the flow rate exceeds this threshold, the production of ...

compatibility

Oil & gas; Oilfield

In matrix stimulation, a characteristic of rock that indicates formation permeability is not reduced when treating fluids and their additives contact the formation minerals or fluids inside the ...

Taylor bubbles

Oil & gas; Oilfield

In multiphase flow, large bubbles of the lighter phase that form by coalescence of small bubbles under certain conditions of fluid flow. The large bubbles occur during slug flow and plug flow. The ...

power oil

Oil & gas; Oilfield

In hydraulic pumping, the crude oil that is pressurized at surface to energize the bottom pump.

tick mark

Oil & gas; Oilfield

In logging while drilling, a mark associated with each measurement indicating when a sample was taken. It is usually presented as a short bar in the depth track. Widely spaced tick marks indicate a ...