waterflood

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение waterflood в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil

We will waterflood the well in order to obtain the remaining oil.

An instance of waterflooding

An inundation of water

Pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil

a method of secondary recovery in which water is injected into a reservoir in order to remove additional quantities of oil from the reservoir that have been left behind after primary recovery. Usually, a waterflood Involves the injection of water through wells specially set up for water injection and the removal of the water and oil from the wells drilled adjacent to the injection wells

A method of increasing oil recovery from an existing reservoir Water is injected to force unrecovered oil out of reservoir rock and into nearby oil wells

Injecting water in one well causing oil not recovered by primary production to migrate to an adjacent well

The process of waterflooding an oil well; to pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil

A flood of water; an inundation