- Industry: Oil & gas
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George King is a technology provider in the oil and gas industry specializing in new technology and problem oil well solutions.
A displacement. In the reservoir a sweep is displacement of a hydrocarbon fluid from a reservoir rock by a flooding fluid. In the wellbore, a sweep is a viscous pill circulated around to help clear the wellbore of cuttings or debris.
Industry:Oil & gas
A display of the input data in a stacking process designed to show all the seismic traces corresponding to the same depth.
Industry:Oil & gas
A distinct segment in a vertical stack of formation sequences. Often with areal extent.
Industry:Oil & gas
A disturbance in the metal structure caused by impact or a wrench mark or penetration of slips that is a likely location for increased corrosion or some failures such as hardening or local fatigue.
Industry:Oil & gas
A diversion technique for injecting fluids into separate zones without added diverters. Limited numbers of perforations or set obstructions in the wellbore can build pressure at higher rates and cause diverting to lower permeability or damaged zones.
Industry:Oil & gas
A diverter that is used in acids. Best for high permeability and fractures.
Industry:Oil & gas
A division of geologic time, next shorter than the eon and larger than a period.
Industry:Oil & gas
A down-fold in the rock where the sides tilt upwards. Opposite of a trap.
Industry:Oil & gas
A downhole device that isolates a zone, a wellbore or a piece of equipment.
Industry:Oil & gas
