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proppant — proppˈant noun (mining) A material, eg sand, used to keep open fissures in an oil bearing sediment (see also ↑fracking) • • • Main Entry: ↑prop … Useful english dictionary
Fracturation hydraulique — La « fracturation hydraulique » est la dislocation ciblée de formations géologiques peu perméables[1]’[2] par le moyen de l injection sous très haute pression d un fluide destiné à fissurer et micro fissurer la roche. Cette fracturation … Wikipédia en Français
Hydraulic fracturing — is a method used to create fractures that extend from a borehole into rock formations, which are typically maintained by a proppant. The method is informally called fracing or hydrofrac. The technique is used to increase or restore the rate which … Wikipedia
Hydraulic fracturing — is fractures formation in gas , oil , water saturated and other rocks under the pressure of the fed fluid. The operation is performed in a well in order to increase extraction rates by means of the multi hole drainage system made as a result of… … Glossary of Oil and Gas
Natural gas — For other uses, see Natural gas (disambiguation). Natural gas extraction by countries in cubic meters per year. Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons[1] … Wikipedia
Perforation (oil well) — A perforation in the context of oil wells, refers to a hole punched in the casing or liner of an oil well to connect it to the reservoir. In cased hole completions, the well will be drilled down past the section of the formation desired for… … Wikipedia
Completion (oil and gas wells) — This article is about the oil or gas well completion. For other uses of completion, see Completion (disambiguation) In petroleum production, completion is the process of making a well ready for production (or injection). This principally involves … Wikipedia
Sliding sleeve — A sliding sleeve is a standard component for the completion of an oil or gas well. Their main uses are to shut off flow from one or more reservoir zones or to regulate pressure between zones.There are two main categories of sliding sleeves:… … Wikipedia
Fluide de fracturation — Les fluides de fracturation sont des fluides injectés sous haute pression dans une formation géologique (ou plusieurs formations parfois) dans le but de décolmater un puits colmaté ou de fracturer et microfracturer des roches dures et peu… … Wikipédia en Français
ISP — abbr. comp. Instruction Set Processor comp. Integrated Software Package comp. Internet Service Provider comp. Indexed Sequential Processing comp. Interrupt Stack Pointer tech. Industrial Space Platform tech. Initial Specific Impulse tech.… … Dictionary of English abbreviation
