Reading diary (Aigul)

15 Research project (Petroleum Engineering) terms

This glossary contains discipline-specific terms

comminution
noun
The action of reducing a material, especially a mineral ore, to minute particles or fragments.
Example: This process models purely mechanical compaction by grain comminution [1].
ru: измельчение, раздробление, распыление
compartmentalize
verb
divide into discrete sections or categories
Example: West-northwest–east-southeast striking structures compartmentalize the aforementioned highs [5].
ru: разделять
Drill stem
noun
The combination of the drillpipe, the bottomhole assembly and any other tools used to make the drill bit turn at the bottom of the wellbore
Example: From drill stem test data, east-west faults and karsts are considered as major permeability heterogeneities, but interference tests showed more complex fluid pathways at the smaller scale [5].
ru: бурильная колонна
encompass
verb
surround and have or hold within
Example: These data encompass an enormous range of carbonate pore types that reflect the different diagenetic and depositional process [4].
ru: заключать в себе
erroneous
adjective
wrong; incorrect
Example: To avoid irrelevant data points that may induce erroneous results, the dataset with effective porosity less than 0.1% are filtered out [4].
ru: ошибочный, неверный
hamper
verb
hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
Example: Application of machine learning techniques directly to reservoir quality is hampered by the lack of a single, standard, and well-accepted definition of reservoir quality [2].
ru: мешать, препятствовать
impregnated
adjective
Saturated or filled
Example: 22 thin sections, impregnated with Methylene blue dyed epoxy resin, and alizarin red were used to determine the texture, grain type and poretype distribution [3].
ru: насыщенный, пропитанный
Samples vacuum impregnated with coloured resin
intercalation
noun
Insert (something) between layers in a crystal lattice, geological formation, or other structure.
Example: Many carbonate rocks are complex and heterogeneous over a large scale range due to the intercalation of varied depositional textures and post-depositional diagenetic modification of original rock [3].
ru: 1) геол. внедрение; переслоение 2) геол. пропласток, прослойка, тонкое включение
Interbedded graywacke-siltstone-slate
interplay
noun
the way in which two or more things have an effect on each other
Example: The interplay between seismic and subseismic structures can be assessed by integrating structural interpretations of superimposed attribute and/or thickness maps with well-derived fracture studies [5].
ru: взаимодействие
intricate
adjective
very complicated or detailed
Example: Carbonate reservoirs are well known with complicated heterogeneity in petrofabrics and pore pattern due to the effect of intricate factors prevailing their depositional and diagenetic history [4].
ru: запутанный, сложный
subsidence
noun
the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land
Example: In areas where the subsidence does not compensate the eustatic rise, carbonate platforms are described as globally prograding until basin fill [5].
ru: проседание
succession
noun
a group of strata representing a single chronological sequence
Example: The sedimentary successions of the Western Desert are developed through comprehensive marine transgression cycles with at least three different tectonic phases [4].
ru: непрерывный ряд (напр. осадочная толща)
ternary
adjective
composed of three parts
Example: A new reservoir quality ternary plot (RQTP) of effective porosity, shale volume, and matrix is presented in this study [2].
ru: тройной, трехкомпонентный
Flammability diagram methane
threshold
noun
a level, rate, or amount at which something comes into effect
Example: Only small mesopores as pore spaces above a threshold value of 50 μm in diameter for oil or 5 μm in diameter for gas count as potential porosity [2].
ru: пороговая величина
threshold value
volatile
adjective
(of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures
Example: The sample material was cleaned using 1% acetic acid solvents to remove any dust or volatile hydrocarbons that may have affected the result, before being coated with a conducting carbon film prior to digital recording of the SEM images [3].
ru: летучий