Oilfield

Oilfield

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

Industry: Oil & gas

Add a new term

Contributors in Oilfield

Become a Contributors

Oilfield

Control line

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A small-diameter hydraulic line used to operate downhole completion equipment such as the surface controlled subsurface safety valve (SCSSV). Most systems operated by control line operate on a ...

Injection line

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A small-diameter conduit that is run alongside production tubulars to enable injection of inhibitors or similar treatments during production. Conditions such as high hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S) ...

A small vessel in a pipeline to receive water and heavy hydrocarbons that drop out of a gas stream. Drips are normally installed in the lower points of flow lines and must be blown periodically to ...

Bead tracer

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A small, radioactive plastic sphere that is insoluble and used to make a tracer-loss measurement. The bead is designed to have the same density as the injection fluid so that it travels with the ...

Completion fluid

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A solids-free liquid used to "complete" an oil or gas well. This fluid is placed in the well to facilitate final operations prior to initiation of production, such as setting screens production ...

Bull plug

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A solid plug used as an isolation device in piping systems, conduits or wellbore tubulars.

Velocity string

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A small-diameter tubing string run inside the production tubing of a well as a remedial treatment to resolve liquid-loading problems. As the reservoir pressure in a gas well depletes, there may be ...