Oilfield

Oilfield

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

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Oilfield

A two-phase mixture of liquid water and steam produced from a generator. The latent heat of vaporisation for steam is very high, and when the steam condenses in the reservoir a significant amount of ...

Crossplot

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A two-dimensional plot with one variable scaled in the vertical (Y) direction and the other in the horizontal (X) axis. The scales are usually linear but may be other functions, such as logarithmic. ...

Holdup image

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A two-dimensional display, using colours or different grey scales, of the holdup around the borehole versus depth. The x-axis of the image shows different segments of the borehole, normally inside a ...

Velocity image

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A two-dimensional display, using colours or different grey scales, of the bubble velocity around the borehole against depth. The x-axis of the image shows different segments of the borehole, normally ...

Mosquito bill

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A tubular placed at the bottom of the subsurface sucker-rod pump and inside the gas anchor to drive the formation fluid with little or no gas into the pump.

Pipeline

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A tube or system of tubes used for transporting crude oil and natural gas from the field or gathering system to the refinery.

Hot oiler

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A truck- or skid-mounted unit used to heat oil or treatment fluid. Hot oilers are routinely used in the removal of wax deposits from the upper wellbore section of wells in cold climates where low ...