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ACCUMULATION OIL GAS [6 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

A layer of gas on top of oil in an underground structure or reservoir.

CONT

When gas alone is used as the injected fluid, it is usually put into the top of the reservoir where gas normally collects to form a gas cap.

CONT

Gas not dissolved in oil as a result of high pressure will collect in the highest part of the reservoir to form a gas cap with the oil below it.

CONT

Gas(being the lightest) occupies the upper part of the reservoir rocks, water occupies the lower portion, and oil occupies the intermediate section. In addition to occurring as a gas cap or as a solution gas, gas may exist as an accumulation independent of the oil; when this holds true, the reservoir is called a gas reservoir.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
DEF

Dans un gisement, gaz déjà séparé du pétrole et le plus souvent rassemblé au voisinage du sommet de la structure.

CONT

Le gisement peut [...] être surmonté par une poche de gaz (gas-cap) dont la capacité d'expansion est beaucoup plus grande que celle des liquides. Enfin, le gaz initialement dissous dans l'huile du gisement peut se dégager, sous l'effet de l'abaissement de pression, et former un gas-cap dans un gisement qui initialement n'en comportait pas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Yacimientos petrolíferos
CONT

En un campo que contiene gas y aceite, parte del gas se almacenará a menudo en la parte superior del yacimiento en un depósito único conocido como casquete de gas.

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Record 2 2014-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Natural Gas and Derivatives
  • Geology
DEF

... in petroleum geology,... any physical arrangement of rocks(such as an anticline, unconformity or cavity) that may lead to the accumulation of oil or gas;...

CONT

... a particular well could be referred to as on the edge of the structure meaning that the wellbore penetrates the reservoir near its periphery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Gaz naturel et dérivés
  • Géologie
DEF

Dans le langage pétrolier, [...] piège quelconque résultant de la déformation des roches.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Yacimientos petrolíferos
  • Gas natural y derivados
  • Geología
DEF

Accidente geológico del subsuelo, de forma favorable a la acumulación y retención de hidrocarburos.

CONT

El anticlinal es la estructura petrolífera por excelencia.

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Record 3 2010-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Distillation
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
DEF

In petroleum refining, the combustible, viscous, or semiliquid bottoms product from crude oil distillation, used as adhesives, roofing compounds, asphalt, low-grade fuels, and sealants.

CONT

The economics will be favoured by the attainment of a satisfactory heat-and-product balance, requiring neither the import of a subsidiary fuel such as natural gas nor the accumulation of hard-to-dispose-of coke or residual oil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillation du pétrole
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Destilación del petróleo
  • Productos negros (Petróleo)
DEF

Líquido o semilíquido obtenido como residuo de la destilación del petróleo que contienen los hidrocarburos asfálticos. Combustible.

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Record 4 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

[A well] drilled after oil and/or gas have been discovered, in order to establish the limits of the accumulation in terms of both the areal extent and thickness of the reservoir and the volume of hydrocarbons it contains, and in order to obtain fluid samples to investigate the distribution of fluid properties in the reservoir. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

As an appraisal well is drilled to gain more information about a field so step-out or delineation wells are special kinds of appraisal well.

OBS

appraisal well: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Gisements pétrolifères
DEF

Puits foré après découverte d'huile ou de gaz afin d'établir les limites de l'accumulation en termes d'étendue et d'épaisseur du réservoir ainsi que de volume d'hydrocarbures contenus, et en vue d'obtenir des échantillons du fluide pour déterminer la répartition dans le réservoir des propriétés du fluide. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

puits d'appréciation : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Natural Gas and Derivatives
  • Gas Industry
DEF

A connected, natural underground accumulation of natural gas under one pressure system in the pore spaces or other voids in the rocks.

CONT

In addition to occurring as a gas cap or as a solution gas, gas may exist as an accumulation independent of the oil; when this holds true, the reservoir is called a gas reservoir.

CONT

Western Canadian Oil and Gas Pool reserves. Contains the annual report of established, remaining petroleum reserves for all oil and gas pools. It also contains pool parameters such as; porosity, mean pay thickness, pool area, producing depth and fluid properties.

CONT

Gas Reservoir/Wellbore Orientation Screening Study: Survey of Horizontal Gas Wells.

CONT

This course expands reservoir engineering principles and practices to gas reservoirs. It emphasizes reserve estimation, gas well testing, the prediction of gas well performance, and the development and management of the different types of gas reservoirs.

Key term(s)
  • natural gas reservoir
  • natural gas pool
  • natural gas producing formation
  • gas producing formation
  • accumulation of gas

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Gaz naturel et dérivés
  • Industrie du gaz
DEF

Gisement qui contient des hydrocarbures se trouvant principalement à l'état gazeux (monophasique).

CONT

En 1951 à Lacq [...] ont été découverts des gisements très importants de gaz dont l'exploitation se poursuit activement.

CONT

Une révision du régime fiscal pour le rendre plus favorable aux compagnies pétrolières étrangères stimula l'exploration et conduit à la découverte de Foxtrot, gisement marin de gaz, et en 1993 de Panthère, gisement de gaz et condensés, et de Lion, gisement de brut voisin en 1994.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Yacimientos petrolíferos
  • Gas natural y derivados
  • Industria del gas
CONT

Camisea, el yacimiento de gas natural más grande de Perú, es controlado en asociación por la anglo-holandesa Royal Dutch Shell y la Estadounidense Mobil.

Key term(s)
  • yacimiento de gas
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Record 6 1987-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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