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HORIZONTAL PERMEABILITY [8 records]

Record 1 2017-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Oil Production
DEF

[Oil that] is found in reservoir rocks which have enough permeability to allow the oil to flow to a vertical or horizontal well.

CONT

Unconventional oil refers to oil reserves that cannot be feasibly accessed using conventional drilling techniques. These reserves –notably tight oil, oil shale, and bitumen– must be extracted using novel methods. In contrast, conventional oil typically refers to crude oil which uses conventional vertical drilling techniques.

OBS

conventional oil: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Les ressources ultimes de pétrole classique, c'est-à-dire de pétrole extrait par des techniques pétrolières et non minières, seraient donc de l'ordre de 300 milliards de tonnes.

OBS

pétrole classique : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petróleo bruto y derivados
  • Producción petrolera
CONT

[...] el petróleo [...], por su estado, [se divide en] petróleos no convencionales, –petróleos pesados y ultrapesados, y arenas, esquisto y pizarras petrolíferas– de los convencionales, el petróleo líquido que comúnmente conocemos.

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Record 2 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
CONT

... horizontal drilling is usually undertaken to achieve important technical objectives related to specific characteristics of a target reservoir [such as] the reservoir rock's permeability, which is its capacity to conduct fluid flow through the interconnections of its pore spaces(termed its "matrix permeability"), or through fractures(its "fracture permeability"), and/or the expected propensity of the reservoir to develop water or gas influxes deleterious to production, either from other parts of the reservoir or from adjacent rocks, as production takes place(an event called "coning").

French

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

Perméabilité secondaire artificiellement créée par les fractures provoquées dans un milieu rocheux.

OBS

La fracturation est un procédé utilisé dans l'extraction du pétrole pour augmenter, en y pratiquant des fractures, la perméabilité de la couche productrice.

OBS

perméabilité par fracturation : Équivalent confirmé par Robert Bélanger, chef, Services scientifiques, Ressources naturelles Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

Permeability that varies with direction of flow through the porous medium.

OBS

Lateral permeability contrast can be particularly important in fractured formations, where effective permeability in the direction of the fractures may be many times greater than the matrix permeability. If the permeability in one direction is significantly more than in the other, the flow pattern may more closely approximate linear flow than radial flow. This can be detected from well-test data. Likewise, laminations in most clastic formations cause the permeability normal to the bedding plane to be less than the lateral permeability parallel to bedding. This is called vertical to horizontal permeability anisotropy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Coefficient de perméabilité de Darcy d'un milieu poreux (continu) anisotrope, selon une direction définie, vis-à-vis d'un flux de même direction.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la conductivité hydraulique directionnelle qui est pour un milieu discontinu.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Natural Gas and Derivatives
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
CONT

Vertical stratification of horizontal permeability is probably the primary factor controlling invasion efficiency.

OBS

Most formations have vertical to horizontal permeability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Gaz naturel et dérivés
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
DEF

[Perméabilité] correspondant à un écoulement des fluides parallèlement au litage.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

... another type of horizontal drilling application attempts to increase the recovery factor... An example occurred in the Pennsylvanian Bartlesville sand, a fluvial-dominated deltaic sandstone reservoir characterized by low permeability and underlain by a sandstone aquifer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

aquifère dans des grès : Équivalent confirmé par Linda Guay, rédactrice en chef administrative, Division de l'information géoscientifique, et par Robert Bélanger, chef, Services scientifiques, Ressources naturelles Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petrography
CONT

... another type of horizontal drilling application attempts to increase the recovery factor... An example occurred in the Pennsylvanian Bartlesville sand, a fluvial-dominated deltaic sandstone reservoir characterized by low permeability and underlain by a sandstone aquifer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petrography
CONT

... another type of horizontal drilling application attempts to increase the recovery factor... An example occurred in the Pennsylvanian Bartlesville sand, a fluvial-dominated deltaic sandstone reservoir characterized by low permeability and underlain by a sandstone aquifer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Horizontal distance from the axis of a well to the outside of the gravel pack or the zone of increased permeability which has been developed around the well by pumping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Distance horizontale entre l'axe d'un puits et l'enveloppe extérieure d'un massif filtrant ou de la zone de perméabilité développée par le pompage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Distancia horizontal desde el eje de un pozo al exterior del medio filtrante o de la zona de permeabilidad incrementada que se ha desarrollado por bombeo alrededor del pozo.

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