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 method of thermal recovery in which a flame front is generated in the reservoir by igniting a fire at the sandface of an injection well. Continuous injection of air or other gas mixture with high ...

Waterflood

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A method of secondary recovery in which water is injected into the reservoir formation to displace residual oil. The water from injection wells physically sweeps the displaced oil to adjacent ...

Firing head

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A mechanical or electronic device used to detonate perforating charges conveyed by tubing, drillpipe, coiled tubing or slickline. This term thus connotes any such device that is not initiated ...

Cheque valve

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A mechanical device that permits fluid to flow or pressure to act in one direction only. cheque valves are used in a variety of oil and gas industry applications as control or safety devices. cheque ...

Safety clamp

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A mechanical device attached to tool strings or flush surface tubulars as they are assembled or disassembled. The safety clamp prevents the tool string from being dropped downhole accidentally if the ...

Pitot tube

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A measuring device for determining the gas-flow rate. It is composed of a 1/8-inch tube inserted horizontally along the axis of the gas flowline. The pressure at the end of the tube is compared with ...

SARA analysis

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A method for characterization of heavy oils based on fractionation, whereby a heavy oil sample is separated into smaller quantities or fractions, with each fraction having a different composition. ...