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Oilfield
Oilfield refers to a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below the ground.
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epithermal neutron porosity measurement
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A measurement based on the slowing down of neutrons between a source and one or more detectors that measure neutrons at the epithermal level, where their energy is above that of the surrounding ...
pressure transient well test
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A means of assessing reservoir performance by measuring flow rates and pressures under a range of flowing conditions and then applying the data to a mathematical model. In most well tests, a limited ...
sand consolidation
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A means of controlling the undesirable production of sand from weak sandstone formations. Sand consolidation chemically binds the grains of sand that make up the formation matrix while maintaining ...
sweep efficiency
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A measure of the effectiveness of an enhanced oil recovery process that depends on the volume of the reservoir contacted by the injected fluid. The volumetric sweep efficiency is an overall result ...
optical index
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A measure of the amount of light reflected by a fluid from an optical probe. It is the same as the relative refractive index of light between the probe and the fluid, being close to 1 in gas, 1. 35 ...
British thermal unit
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A measure of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. British thermal unit is abbreviated as BTU.
