Archives: Glossary Terms

Waterflooding is a secondary oil recovery technique in which water is injected into a reservoir to maintain pressure and physically displace oil toward production wells.…

Tertiary Recovery, also known as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), is the third stage of oil production applied to a reservoir after primary and secondary recovery…

In the lifecycle of an oil and gas reservoir, primary recovery typically yields only a small fraction of the original oil in place (OOIP), often…

Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) encompasses a broad set of reservoir management techniques and technologies applied after primary production to increase the amount of oil that…

Reservoir Management is the systematic, multidisciplinary process of optimizing the development and production of oil and gas reservoirs to maximize economic recovery over the life…

Zonal isolation is a critical wellbore integrity practice in the oil and gas industry that prevents the unwanted movement of fluids (liquids, gases, or mixtures)…

Wax deposition is a critical flow assurance challenge in oil and gas production and operations, referring to the accumulation of high-molecular-weight paraffin hydrocarbons (waxes) onto…

Tubing is a string of pipe, typically smaller in diameter than the casing, that is run into the wellbore to convey reservoir fluids (oil, gas,…

Primary recovery refers to the initial stage of hydrocarbon production from a reservoir, where oil or gas flows to the surface naturally or with minimal…

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), also known as tertiary recovery, refers to advanced techniques used to extract additional crude oil from a reservoir after primary and…

Well Intervention refers to any operation performed on an oil or gas well after its initial completion and during its production lifecycle that involves the…

A workover is a remedial operation performed on an existing oil or gas well to restore, maintain, or enhance its production. Unlike a new well…