Exploitation:

Terms Related to Exploitation

• Exploitation well

  A well drilled to permit more effective extraction of oil from a reservoir. Sometimes called a development well. See development well.

• Development well

  1. A well drilled in proven territory in a field to complete a pattern of production. 2. An exploitation well. See exploitation well.

• Tap

  1. A tool for forming an internal screw thread. It consists of a hardened tool-steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. ...

• Quebracho

  A south american tree that is a source of tannin extract, which was extensively used as a thinning agent for drilling mud, but is seldom ...

• Tannic acid

  The active ingredient of quebracho and quebracho substitutes, such as mangrove bark, chestnut extract, and hemlock.

• Reservoir drive mechanism

  The process in which reservoir fluids are caused to flow out of the reservoir rock and into a wellbore by natural energy. Gas drives depend ...

• Reservoir pressure

  The average pressure within the reservoir at any given time. Determination of this value is best made by bottomhole pressure measurements with adequate shut-in time. ...