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waterflooding
A method of improved recovery in which water is injected into a reservoir to remove additional quantities of oil that have been left behind after primary recovery. Waterflooding usually involves the injection of water through wells specially set up for water injection and the removal of water and oil from production wells drilled adjacent to the injection wells.
flood
1. to drive oil from a reservoir into a well by injecting water under pressure into the reservoir formation. See waterflooding.