well-bore storage effect
1Oil 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… …
22005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire — {| Location map|Hertfordshire label= background=white lat= 51.764 long= 0.424 caption=Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire float=right width=195The 2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire was caused by a series of explosions early on the morning …
3API well number — An API well number or API number is a unique, permanent, numeric identifier assigned to each well drilled for oil and gas in the United StatesAmerican Petroleum Institute, 1979, The API well number and standard state and county numeric codes… …
4petroleum 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 …
5Methane clathrate — Burning ice . Methane, released by heating, burns; water drips. Inset: clathrate structure (University of Göttingen, GZG. Abt. Kristallographie). Source: United States Geological Survey. Methane clathrate, also called methane hydrate,… …
6Cold seep — Marine habitats Tube worms are among the dominant species in one of four cold seep community types in the Gulf of Mexico. Littoral zone …
7Mammoth Resource Partners — Mammoth Resource Partners, Inc. Type Private Industry Oil and Natural Gas Exploration Founded 2004 Headquarters Cave City, KY Key people Dr. Roger L. Cory, CEO, Daniel R. Northcutt, President …
8Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …
9Hydrothermal vent — Marine habitats White smokers emitting liquid carbon dioxide at the Champagne vent, Northwest Eifuku volcano, Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Littoral zone …
10environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
