wellbore
- noun
- /ˈwɛlˌbɔr/
- Specialized
- They drilled a new wellbore to reach a deeper reservoir of water for the community.
- mud down the wellbore
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The wellbore geometry is set, and they probably don't know the reservoir pressure exactly.
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So, it would be more accurate to say that this is the production decline from conventional wellbores worldwide.
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Surely for a well that expensive, they have done a wellbore survey, so they have a good idea where the bottom hole location is.
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Instead, the relief well has to get very close to the old wellbore and establish communication with it.
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The gases could also break out above the ground, even at some distance from the wellbore," the company said.
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If oil was coming out, then they could not have had much mud going down the wellbore, right?
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The drawdown is the difference between the in situ driving pressure and the driving pressure in the wellbore.
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Drilling experts are using the ongoing integrity tests to determine whether pressure can be maintained without affecting the wellbore and its casing.
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The problem can also be countered by cementing the wellbore and sidetracking a new well at a deeper level, further from the gas.
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A relief well being sunk as a standby relief is normal operations. Intersecting a wellbore and getting pressure communication is another tricky part.
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Etymology
Wellbore comes from the simple words well (a 'deep hole' that brings water or oil up) and bore (to 'make a hole'), so it literally names the drilled hole used to reach and bring up oil, gas, or water.