Are sound detecting instruments used in underwater seismic exploration activities. Hydrophones are attached to cable towed by a seismic vessel. Sound waves generated by the blasts from air gun reflect from the formations below the sea floor and are picked up by the hydrophones and transmitted to the mother ship
A hot oil unit is designed to circulate heated fluid into piping, tubing, casing, or tanks for a variety of reasons, including the removal of paraffin and tar-based oils
Play fairway is the area in which one would expect to find certain types of similar play types (such as a reef trend where there might be several separate reefs growing on the sea shelf margin). See also play
Inferred reserves is the difference between proved reserves in known fields and the remaining recoverable resources in known fields
The pressure at a given depth in a static liquid is a result of the weight of the liquid acting on a unit area at that depth plus any pressure acting on the surface of the liquid.
Part of the gas-entry-exit model in a transmission agreement whereas shippers have to contract and nominate transport capacity to ensure that the volume of gas injected into the system is equal to the volume extracted from it. Many transmission systems require the shipper to make up to hourly nomination with penalties for hourly imbalances
Improved recovery is the extraction of additional petroleum beyond primary recovery, from naturally occurring reservoirs by supplementing the natural forces in the reservoir. It includes water flooding, secondary processes, tertiary processes and any other means of supplementing natural reservoir recovery processes. Technology advances in IOR/EOR may prove to be what staves off the “peak” in global oil production.
An area of the subsurface where source rock has reached appropriate conditions of pressure and temperature to generate hydrocarbons
Operation involving high pressure (higher than operational pressure) water being pumped into a pipeline to ensure that it is devoid of defects
