Oilfield

Oilfield

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

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Liquefied natural gas carrier

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A sea vessel used to transport liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The term is commonly abbreviated as LNGC

A sand-control method used to prevent production of formation sand. In gravel pack operations, a steel screen is placed in the wellbore and the surrounding annulus packed with prepared gravel of a ...

Wellbore diagram

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A schematic diagram that identifies the main completion components installed in a wellbore. The information included in the wellbore diagram relates to the principal dimensions of the components and ...

Spot sample

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A sample of liquid or sediments obtained at a specific depth inside a tank using a thief or a bottle. Spot samples are analysed to determine the gravity of the oil and BS&W content of the fluid in ...

Archie rock

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A rock whose petrophysical properties are well described by the Archie equation with constant values for the porosity exponent and the saturation exponent. Such rocks typically have very little clay, ...

Dual-porosity reservoir

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A rock characterised by primary porosity from original deposition and secondary porosity from some other mechanism, and in which all flow to the well effectively occurs in one porosity system, and ...