waterflood oil recovery
1waterflood — 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 …
2waterflood — /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] * * * …
3History 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… …
4secondary 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… …
5South Cuyama Oil Field — The South Cuyama Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in the Cuyama Valley and the adjacent northern foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains in northeastern Santa Barbara County, California. Discovered in 1949, and with a cumulative production… …
6secondary recovery — extraction of oil or natural gas under artificially induced pressure after the natural flow has ceased. Cf. waterflood. [1935 40] * * * …
7нефтеотдача при заводнении — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN waterflood oil recovery …
8petroleum 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 …
9Petroleum — For other uses, see Petroleum (disambiguation). Proven world oil reserves, 2009 …
10Western 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… …
