Oil & Gas Glossary 1.0
OIL & GAS TECHNICAL TERMS GLOSSARY
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Search Result for Flocculating Agent
flocculating agent
Material or chemical agent that enhances flocculation.
emulsifying agent
A material that causes water and oil to form an emulsion. Water normally occurs separately from oil; if, however, an emulsifying agent is present, the water becomes dispersed in the oil as tiny droplets. Or, rarely, the oil may be dispersed in the water. In either case, the emulsion must be treated to separate the water and the oil.
proppant
See propping agent
emulsifier
See emulsifying agent
surface-active agent
See surfactant.
defoamer
Any chemical that prevents of lessens frothing or foaming in another agent.
thinning agent
A chemical or combination of chemicals that, when added to a drilling mud, reduces its viscosity.
sodium polyacrylate
A synthetic high-molecular-weight polymer of acrylonitrile used primarily as a fluid loss control agent
calcium chloride
A moisture-absorbing chemical compound, or desiccant used to accelerate setting times in cement and as a drying agent.
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 used today.
peptized clay
A clay to which an agent has been added to increase its initial yield
silica gel
Highly absorbent, gelatinous form of silica used chiefly as a dehumidifying and dehydrating agent.
mist drilling
A drilling technique that uses air or gas to which a foaming agent has been added.
wetting agent
A substance or composition that, when added to a liquid, increases the spreading of the liquid on a surface or the penetration of the liquid into a material.
propping agent
A granular substance (sand grains, aluminum pellets, or other material) that is carried in suspension by the fracturing fluid and that serves to keep the cracks open when fracturing fluid is withdrawn after a fracture treatment.
sealing agent
Any of various materials, such as mica flakes or walnut hulls, that cure lost circulation. See lost circulation, lost circulation material.
foaming agent
A chemical used to lighten the water column in gas wells, in oilwells producing gas, and in drilling wells in which air or gas is used as the drilling fluid so that the water can be forced out with the air or gas to prevent its impeding the production or drilling rate.