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WELL SWEEP [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The addition of wells in a field that decreases the average well spacing.

OBS

[The] practice [of infill drilling] both accelerates expected recovery and increases estimated ultimate recovery in heterogeneous reservoirs by improving the continuity between injectors and producers. … spacing is decreased, the shifting well patterns alter the formation-fluid flow paths and increase sweep to areas where greater hydrocarbon saturations exist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Forage de puits additionnels dans les limites définies d'un gisement de gaz naturel ou de pétrole.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

well sweep : an item in the "Site Features" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

chadoof : objet de la classe «Articles d'aménagement» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
CONT

Door bottoms. The gap below doors is one of the worst draft areas in many houses. There are several types of weatherstripping for the bottom of a door.

OBS

The term "door bottom" is used to designate two concepts. In a broad sense, it is used to describe a type or class of weatherstripping used to seal the gap at the bottom of a door and includes weatherstripping attached to the floor or threshold as well as weatherstripping affixed to the bottom of the door itself(i. e., full threshold weatherstripping, partial threshold weatherstripping, door bottoms and door sweeps). In a narrower sense, "door bottom" designates one type of weatherstripping that is fixed to the bottom of the door and covers the entire thickness of the door(as opposed to a door sweep, which is attached on the exterior side of the door only).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

Ce terme est employé dans un sens général pour désigner tout type de coupe-bise calfeutrant l'espace entre la porte et le plancher. En particulier, il est souvent employé comme équivalent du terme anglais «door sweep» et de «door bottom» dans son sens plus restreint.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

A two-step enhanced oil recovery process in which a surfactant slug is injected into the well followed by a larger slug of water containing a high-molecular-weight polymer which pushes the chemicals through the field and improves mobility and sweep efficiency.

Key term(s)
  • micellar flood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

[...] les microémulsions utilisées sont composées de 4 à 80 % de pétrole [...], de 10 à 90 % de saumure [...] et de mélanges de sulfonates ou autres tensioactifs (5 à 15 %) et d'alcools (5 %). On injecte dans le gisement une quantité de microémulsions correspondant à 5 à 10 % du volume des pores de la zone à traiter; [...] on ne pousse pas la microémulsion par de l'eau [...] mais par un volumineux bouchon de polymères en solution [...] L'injection de microémulsion suivie de polymères [...] est le dernier né des procédés de récupération assistée du pétrole; [...]

OBS

La revue Journal of Petroleum Technology utilisée comme source (octobre 1983) porte par erreur le no 10 qui est celui du mois de septembre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

The application of the energy of compressed gas in a reservoir to move crude oil to a wellbore [or, ] in a form of secondary recovery, [a technique] wherein gas is injected into input wells to sweep the oil to a producing well.

CONT

Gas drives depend on the fact that, as the reservoir is produced, pressure is reduced, thus allowing the gas to expand and provide the driving energy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
DEF

Technique consistant à produire de l’huile sous régime volumétrique, par injection de gaz (air, gaz naturel) dans un puits de pétrole, ce qui a pour effet de déplacer le pétrole brut présent dans le gisement.

OBS

entraînement par gaz : terme officiellement recommandé par le Gouvernement français.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

An implement with long, substantially horizontal tines, usually capable of being lifted just clear of the ground, to collect and carry cut crops from windrows or cocks.

CONT

A tractor attachment with substantially horizontal tines generally shorter and more closely spaced than those of a hay sweep and capable of being lifted well clear of the ground, to collect, transport and deposit cut crops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
DEF

Râteau transporteur de fourrage comportant des dents ramasseuses, un système de blocage latéral et une griffe supérieure de serrage.

CONT

Il [le râteau] permet de réaliser des meulons qui sont ensuite déposés au sol.

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
OBS

On row packing was applied during seeding, as well as coil packing of the sweep treatment plots. [Source : ethanol project-Ajnplmt. en p. 1].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles
OBS

On pratiquait un tassement sur sillon au moment de l'ensemencement; on pratiquait en outre un tassement au rouleau spirale derrière le passage du soc à ailes ouvertes. [Source: projet éthanol - Ajnplmt.fr p. 1].

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
OBS

On row packing was applied during seeding, as well as coil packing of the sweep treatment plots. [Source : ethanol project-Ajnplmt. en p. 1].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
OBS

On pratiquait un tassement sur sillon au moment de l'ensemencement; on pratiquait en outre un tassement au rouleau spirale derrière le passage du soc à ailes ouvertes. [Source: projet éthanol - Ajnplmt.fr p. 1].

OBS

Équivalent proposé par le Service de terminologie - Hull.

Spanish

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