petroleum reservoir

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• Petroleum reservoir — A petroleum reservoir, or oil and gas reservoir, is a subsurface pool of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. The naturally occurring hydrocarbons, such as crude oil or natural gas, are trapped by overlying rock… …   Wikipedia

• Reservoir simulation — is an area of reservoir engineering in which computer models are used to predict the flow of fluids (typically, oil, water, and gas) through porous media.UsesReservoir simulation models are used by oil and gas companies in the development of new… …   Wikipedia

• Reservoir engineering — is a branch of petroleum engineering, typically concerned with maximizing the economic recovery of hydrocarbons from the subsurface.Of particular interest to reservoir engineers is generating accurate reserves estimates for use in financial… …   Wikipedia

• Reservoir petrophysics — Reservoir petrophysics, or the study of the physical properties of certain rock types, concerns itself with the measurement of field data from a well or wells, the processing of that data, its incorporation into physical models that describe the… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum (disambiguation) — Petroleum is a naturally occurring, flammable hydrocarbon.The term may also refer to:*Petroleum coke *Petroleum engineering *Petroleum ether *Petroleum geochemistry *Petroleum geology *The petroleum industry *The Petroleum Institute *Petroleum… …   Wikipedia

• Reservoir (disambiguation) — Reservoir may mean:* Reservoir (water), an artificial lake created by flooding land behind a dam * Reservoir, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne * Petroleum reservoir, an accumulation of oil or gas beneath the earth s surface * Pressure tank, part… …   Wikipedia

• petroleum engineering — Introduction       the branch of engineering that involves the development and exploitation of crude oil and natural gas fields as well as the technical analysis and forecasting of their future performance. Its origins lie in both mining… …   Universalium

• petroleum trap — Subsurface reservoir of petroleum. The oil is always accompanied by water and often by natural gas; all are confined in porous rock. The natural gas, being lightest, occupies the top of the trap and is underlain by the oil and then the water. A… …   Universalium

• Petroleum geology — refers to the specific set of geological disciplines that are applied to the search for hydrocarbons (oil exploration). edimentary basin analysisPetroleum geology is principally concerned with the evaluation of seven key elements in sedimentary… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum engineering — refers to the subsurface engineering activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or gas. These activities are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry which are the activities… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum Development Oman — Petroleum Development of Oman PDO شركة تنمية نفط عمان Type Government owned corporation Industry Oil Gas Founded 1925 (as Petroleum Development of Oman and Dhofar ) 1967 (as Petroleum Development Oman ) Headquarters …   Wikipedia