Oilfield

Oilfield

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

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flowback

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Process of of flowing fluids and suspended solids out of the well and flaring them off before reconnecting the well to the gathering system.

The depth of a well or features within the wellbore as measured while drilling. The measured length of each joint of drillpipe or tubing is added to provide a total depth or measurement to the point ...

volumetric cross section

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The cross section of a material to photoelectric absorption, in barns/cm 3 . The volumetric cross section, U, is from the product of the photoelectric factor, PEF or P e , and the electron density. ...

abandonment costs

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The costs associated with abandoning a well or production facility. Such costs are specified in the authority for expenditure (AFE), and typically cover the plugging of wells; removal of well ...

membrane potential

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The electromagnetic force generated across an ion-selective membrane when solutions on either side of the membrane have different salinities. Shales and clays are cationic membranes, since they allow ...

pump barrel

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The cylinder of the downhole pump.

early-time transient data

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The data observed before the start of radial flow (middle-time transient data). When not dominated by wellbore storage, these data may reveal near-wellbore reservoir features including limited entry, ...