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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rugosity

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A qualitative description of the roughness of a borehole wall. Alternatively, the term pertains to a borehole whose diameter changes rapidly with depth. The term usually refers to changes at the ...

A pump that can handle the complete production from a well (oil, natural gas, water and sand, for example) without needing to separate or process the production stream near or at the wellhead. This ...

sinusoid

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A property or characteristic that has the form of a sine wave.

held by production

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A provision in an oil, gas and mineral lease that perpetuates a company鈥檚 right to operate a property or concession as long as the property or concession produces a minimum paying quantity of oil or ...

spin flowmeter

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A production logging method that uses a small propeller turned by fluid movement. The number of turns of the propeller can be related to the amount of fluid passing through the instrument. These ...

off-pattern well

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A production or injection well that has a lateral or diagonal displacement with respect to the other wells in an injection pattern. The existence of an off-pattern well affects oil recovery and ...

seal receptacle

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A profiled completion component designed to accept a mating component equipped with a seal assembly. Completions are designed with seal receptacles to enable the production string to be removed ...