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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impermeable barrier

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A single, impenetrable barrier to fluid flow in a reservoir that causes a change of a factor of two in the slope of buildup or drawdown curves. These are often observed in a normal test if the ...

acoustic mode

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A situation in which acoustic energy that propagates in one direction is confined in the other two directions as, for example, a mode confined to an interface between two different materials or ...

A single wellbore having tubulars and equipment that enable production from two segregated zones. In most cases, two tubing strings will be used to provide the necessary level of control and safety ...

multiple completion

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A single wellbore having tubulars and equipment that enable production from two or more reservoir zones. In most cases, at least two tubing strings will be used to provide the necessary level of ...

composite log

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A single log created by splicing together two logs of the same type run at different times in the well; or by splicing two different types of log run at the same time. For example, it is common ...

tubing joint

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A single length of the pipe that is assembled to provide a conduit through which the oil or gas will be produced from a wellbore. Tubing joints are generally around 30 ft (9 m) long with a thread ...

blind box

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A simple slickline tool used to dislodge or push tools or equipment down the wellbore. The blind box is generally of heavy construction and is hardened to reduce damage when jarring is required.