Oilfield

Oilfield

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

Contributors in Oilfield

Oilfield

Pertaining to sediments that have been compacted and cemented to the degree that they become coherent, relatively solid rock. Typical consequences of consolidation include an increase in density and ...

zero-phase

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to seismic data whose wavelet is symmetrical about zero time. Deconvolution during seismic processing can convert data of mixed phase to zero-phase data, but is not always successful. ...

terrestrial

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to sediments or depositional environments on land or above the level of high tide.

marine

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to sediments or environments in seas or ocean waters, between the depth of low tide and the ocean bottom.

immiscible

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to phases that cannot mix to form a homogeneous mixture. Oil and water are immiscible fluids.

detrital

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to particles of rock derived from the mechanical breakdown of preexisting rocks by weathering and erosion. Detrital fragments can be transported to recombine and, through the process of ...

igneous

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to one of three main classes of rocks (igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary). Igneous rocks crystallize from molten rock, or magma, with interlocking mineral crystals. Igneous rocks that ...