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 situation in which the resistivity of the flushed zone is less than the resistivity of the undisturbed zone. Such a setting generally favours the use of electrode resistivity devices (laterologs, ...

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.

Crossover

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A short subassembly used to enable two components with different thread types or sizes to be connected.

Gas buster

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A simple separator vessel used to remove free or entrained gas from fluids circulated in the wellbore, such as mud used during drilling operations. The gas buster typically comprises a vessel ...

Gauge tank

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A small tank with accurate volume markings used to measure flow into or out of a well. Treatments that require accurate volume tracking of fluids, such as squeeze cementing, generally use a gauge ...

Local probe

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A small sensor, part of a production logging tool, which determines the type of fluid in its vicinity as it moves up and down a production well. Typically there are four or more sensors, or probes, ...

Optical probe

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A small sensor in a production logging tool that distinguishes the type of fluid in its vicinity as it is moved up and down a production well. The optical probe is sensitive to the optical index of ...