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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advective transport modeling

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A series of techniques that use geostatistical methods to determine fluid and contaminant flow in the subsurface. These techniques are used primarily to study contamination in groundwater in ...

A section of manifold containing the valves and piping necessary to bleed off pressure from a vessel or system. Bleedoff lines may be exposed to widely fluctuating pressures. They must be adequately ...

insert

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A section on a log print that gives the scales of the curves displayed and the depth scale. There usually is an insert at the beginning and end of each interval surveyed.

fishbone wells

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A series of multilateral well segments that trunk off a main horizontal well. The appearance closely resembles the ribs of a fish skeleton trunking off the main backbone.

nitrogen unit

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A high-pressure pump or compressor unit capable of delivering high-purity nitrogen gas for use in oil or gas wells. Two basic types of unit are commonly available: a nitrogen converter unit that ...

storm packer

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A heavy-duty retrievable packer assembly that can be run in to isolate the wellbore of a new well in the event of suspended activities, for example, during a severe storm. An on-off disconnect ...