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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paludal

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to a depositional environment or organisms from a marsh. It also refers to the type of environment in which palustrine sediments can accumulate.

rugose

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to a borehole wall that is rough.

directional permeability

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Permeability that varies with direction of flow through the porous medium. Lateral permeability contrast can be particularly important in fractured formations, where effective permeability in the ...

isotropic permeability

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Permeability that is the same in all directions. This never really occurs, but permeability along various directions of a formation is often close enough for calculation purposes.

production bonus

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Payment by a well operator to a host country upon achievement of certain levels of production.

fracture networks

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Patterns in multiple fractures that intersect with each other. Fractures are formed when rock is stressed or strained, as by the forces associated with plate-tectonic activity. When multiple ...

Part of a well test when the well is flowing. It is usually specified prior to tests to ensure that a stable flow situation has been reached, or that the pressure disturbance has reached far enough ...