Oilfield

Oilfield

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

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Oilfield

A method of thermal recovery in which a well is injected with steam and then subsequently put back on production. A cyclic steam-injection process includes three stages. The first stage is injection, ...

in-situ combustion

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A method of thermal recovery in which fire is generated inside the reservoir by injecting a gas containing oxygen, such as air. A special heater in the well ignites the oil in the reservoir and ...

fire flooding

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A method of thermal recovery in which a flame front is generated in the reservoir by igniting a fire at the sandface of an injection well. Continuous injection of air or other gas mixture with high ...

waterflood

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A method of secondary recovery in which water is injected into the reservoir formation to displace residual oil. The water from injection wells physically sweeps the displaced oil to adjacent ...

velocity-shot measurement

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A method of producing a radioactive-tracer log, in which a slug of radioactive material is injected into the flow stream of a production or injection well from one section of a logging tool and ...

radius of curvature

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A method of following a trend between points by connecting the data points by segments of a circle such that the segments "line up" with each other smoothly. This method is used to plot out deviation ...

random-walk method

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A method of performing stochastic analysis on dynamic data. This method can be used in stochastic simulation of fluid behavior in reservoirs and fields.