Oilfield

Oilfield

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

Industry: Oil & gas

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Harmonic

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to structures in which the shapes of adjacent layers resemble or conform to one another. Folds of rock layers that have similar mechanical properties or competence tend to be harmonic, ...

Disharmonic

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to structures in which the shapes of adjacent layers differ or do not conform to one another. Folds of rock layers that have different mechanical properties or competence tend to be ...

Incompetent

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to strata that are relatively ductile and tend to flow under stress rather than deform by brittle faulting or fracturing. The bed thickness of incompetent beds tends to change during ...

Pertaining to logs that measure the properties of electromagnetic waves as they move through a formation. Measurements-while-drilling (MWD) propagation resistivity logs work between about 100 kHz and ...

Downstream

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to equipment, facilities or systems that are located in the production train after the surface choke, typically attached or close to the Christmas tree.

Hydrothermal

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to hot fluids, particularly hot water, or the activity of hot water, or precipitates thereof. Hydrothermal alteration can change the mineralogy of rock, producing different minerals, ...