Oilfield

Oilfield

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

Industry: Oil & gas

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bridle

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A special section of cable that is placed between the logging cable and the head of the logging tool. Unlike the logging cable, the steel load-bearing element is in the center, surrounded by the ...

A special perforating gun, or charge, that is designed for limited penetration to allow an inner tubing or casing string to be perforated without damaging a surrounding outer string. These guns often ...

precipitate

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A reaction by-product. In sandstone acidizing, the reaction between hydrofluoric acids (HF) or spent HF acids with formation minerals can precipitate nondamaging products, such as silica, ...

uncertainty principle

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A quantum-mechanical principle formulated by German physicist Werner Karl Heisenberg. It proposes that measuring either one of two related quantities, such as position and momentum, or energy and ...

stripping ram

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A ram-type blowout preventer used to provide primary pressure control in high-pressure snubbing operations. Stripping rams are used when the wellhead pressure is higher than the limitations of a ...

commercial rate

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A rate, or production volume, sufficient to satisfy project economics.

regression coefficient

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A quantification of the degree of 'goodness' of fit of a regression line to a data set. A value of 0. 5 represents random data with no dependence, and a coefficient of 1. 0 represents a ...