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Record 1 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

A formation or horizon of a well from which oil may be produced.

CONT

In any given reservoir, the oil zone is usually immediately under the gas zone and on top of the water zone if all three fluids are present and segregated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
OBS

Construction par analogie à «zone de gaz», terme figurant dans la description d'un gisement tirée de La Grande encyclopédie, 1971, vol. 9, p. 5437, et par inférence à «formation pétrolifère» figurant dans la même source.

Spanish

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