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injection string — noun (mining) A pipe run in addition to the production string in the borehole to allow the passage of additives or of drilling mud to stop the well (also called kill string) • • • Main Entry: ↑inject … Useful english dictionary
Kola Superdeep Borehole — Coordinates: 69°23′46.39″N 30°36′31.20″E / 69.3962194°N 30.608667°E / 69.3962194; 30.608667 … Wikipedia
Steam injection (oil industry) — Steam injection is an increasingly common method of extracting heavy oil. It is considered an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method and is the main type of thermal stimulation of oil reservoirs. There are several different forms of the technology,… … Wikipedia
List of oil field acronyms — Contents 1 # 2 A 3 B 4 C … Wikipedia
petroleum production — Introduction recovery of crude oil and, often, associated natural gas from the Earth. petroleum is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon material that is believed to have formed in deep sedimentary (sedimentary rock) beds from animal and … Universalium
Oil well — The pumpjack, such as this one located south of Midland, Texas, is a common sight in West Texas. An oil well is a general term for any boring through the earth s surface that is designed to find and acquire petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Usually… … Wikipedia
Core sample — Rock core samples. The product of a Diamond rig. (The bird is a Pied Butcherbird.) A core sample is a cylindrical section of (usually) a naturally occurring substance. Most core samples are obtained by drilling with special drills into the… … Wikipedia
Completion (oil and gas wells) — This article is about the oil or gas well completion. For other uses of completion, see Completion (disambiguation) In petroleum production, completion is the process of making a well ready for production (or injection). This principally involves … Wikipedia
mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… … Universalium
Hot dry rock geothermal energy — (HDR) is a type of geothermal power production that uses the very high temperatures (approx 200 Celsius) that can be found in rocks a few kilometers below ground. Electricity is generated by pumping high pressure water down a borehole (injection… … Wikipedia
Drilling rig — For a detailed diagram of a Petroleum drilling rig, see List of components of oil drilling rigs. Drilling rig preparing rock blasting … Wikipedia
