waterflood
1Waterflood — Wa ter*flood , n. [AS. w[ae]terfl[=o]d.] A flood of water; an inundation. [1913 Webster] …
2waterflood — 1. noun a) An inundation of water. b) An instance of waterflooding. 2. verb To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil We will waterflood the well in order to obtain the… …
3waterflood — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæterflōd from wæter water + flōd flood more at water, flood 1. : a sweeping flood of water 2 …
4waterflood — I. noun Date: 1928 the process of waterflooding an oil well II. intransitive verb Date: 1928 to pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil …
5waterflood — /waw teuhr flud , wot euhr /, n. (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure. [1925 30; WATER + FLOOD] * * * …
6система площадного заводнения — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN dispersed injection waterflood systemdispersed waterflood system …
7secondary recovery — noun : the process of obtaining oil (as by waterflood) from a well that has stopped producing * * * extraction of oil or natural gas under artificially induced pressure after the natural flow has ceased. Cf. waterflood. [1935 40] * * * secondary… …
8Petroleum — For other uses, see Petroleum (disambiguation). Proven world oil reserves, 2009 …
9Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin — The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is a vast sedimentary basin underlying convert|1400000|km2|sqmi of Western Canada including southwestern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and the southwest… …
10History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil) — Canada s oil sands and heavy oil resources are among the world s great petroleum deposits. They include the vast oil sands of northern Alberta, and the heavy oil reservoirs that surround the small city of Lloydminster, which sits on the border… …
