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 system that has reached equilibrium for the measurement or phenomenon concerned. In the case of permeability measurements on core samples, a steady state is reached when the flow rate, the upstream ...

seal assembly

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A system of seals arranged on the component that engages in a sealbore to isolate the production-tubing conduit from the annulus. The seal assembly is typically longer than the sealbore to enable ...

tubing grade

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A system of classifying the material specifications for steel alloys used in the manufacture of tubing.

telemetry

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A system for converting the measurements recorded by a wireline or measurements-while-drilling (MWD) tool into a suitable form for transmission to the surface. In the case of wireline logging, the ...

Briggs color cube

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A system for color-coding three-dimensional information. This system is used in wireline log analysis to provide color shading in which the final color is determined by the values of three curves. ...

vapor recovery unit

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A system composed of a scrubber, a compressor and a switch. Its main purpose is to recover vapors formed inside completely sealed crude oil or condensate tanks. The switch detects pressure ...

crosswell seismic tomography

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A survey technique that measures the seismic signal transmitted from a source, located in one well, to a receiver array in a neighboring well. The resulting data are processed to create a reflection ...