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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wet oil

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Oil that contains basic sediment and water (BS&W).

residual oil

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Oil that does not move when fluids are flowed through the rock in normal conditions, for example primary and secondary recovery, and invasion.

Oil pumped into a wellbore in preparation for, or as part of, a treatment. Some treatments, such as hydraulic fracturing, involve pumping large volumes of fluid. Using load oil, often produced and ...

pipeline oil

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Oil whose free water, sediment and emulsion content (BS&W) is sufficiently low to be acceptable for pipeline shipment.

sweet crude oil

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Oil containing small amounts of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide.

oil formation volume factor

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Oil and dissolved gas volume at reservoir conditions divided by oil volume at standard conditions. Since most measurements of oil and gas production are made at the surface, and since the fluid flow ...

live oil

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Oil containing dissolved gas in solution that may be released from solution at surface conditions. Live oil must be handled and pumped under closely controlled conditions to avoid the risk of ...