دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: the buoyancy above the waterline that keeps a floating vessel upright or seaworthy when the vessel is subjected to wind, waves, currents, and other forces of nature or when the vessel is subjected to accidental flooding.

n: capacity in excess of that required to carry peak load.

any added reserves to an already described reservoir, due to drilling, testing, production, etc., that establishes new data on reserves or production limits outside the previously known limits of the reservoir(s).

n: 1. (obsolete) a mud pit in which a supply of drilling fluid is stored. 2. a waste pit, usually an excavated earthenwalled pit. It may be lined with plastic or other material to prevent soil contamination.

tank or pit for used/discarded mud, or a secondary mud supply.

n: a special mud tank that holds mud that is not being actively circulated. A reserve tank usually contains a different type of mud from that which the pump is currently circulating. For example, it may store heavy mud for emergency well control operations.

n pl: the unproduced but recoverable oil or gas in a formation that has been proved by production.

a calculation of the amount of hydrocarbon reserves that are in the formation. Proven reserves have a very high degree of recovery with wells in place and techniques that are proven.

R/P, ratio of size of the field to the annual production capacity of that field. The R/P is used to estimate the field’s productive life.

proved reserves.