Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary: Terms beginning with 'A'

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Terms beginning with A (234 found)

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abandonment costs abnormal events abnormal pressure abrasion test abrasive jetting absolute age absolute filter absolute open flow potential absolute permeability absolute pressure absolute volume absorbing boundary conditions absorptance absorption absorption band absorption oil abyss abyssal accelerator accelerator source accelerometer accommodation accretion accumulation accumulator accuracy acetic acid acid acid effect acid frac acid gas acid inhibitor acid job acid stimulation acid tank acid wash acidity acidize acidizing acoustic acoustic basement acoustic coupler acoustic emission acoustic impedance acoustic impedance section acoustic log acoustic mode acoustic positioning acoustic transducer acoustic transparency acoustic traveltime acoustic velocity acoustic velocity log acoustic wave acquisition acquisition log acrylamide acrylate polymer acrylamide polymer acrylamide-acrylate polymer acrylamido methyl propane sulfonate polymer acrylamido-methyl-propane sulfonate polymer acrylate polymer activation log active margin active sulfide activity of aqueous solutions acyclic compound additivity adjacent bed adjustable choke adjusted flow time adsorbed gas adsorption advective transport modeling aeolian aeolotropy aerated layer aerobic	aeromagnetic survey AFE afterflow AGC AGC time constant agglomeration aggradation aggradational aggregate aggregation air cut mud air drill air drilling air gun air shooting air wave air-cut mud Alford rotation alias filter aliasing alidade aliphatic compound alkaline alkaline flooding alkalinity alkalinity test allochthon allochthonous allogenic alluvial alluvium alpha processing altered zone alum aluminum activation log aluminum stearate ambient temperature amides amines Amott imbibition test amplitude amplitude anomaly amplitude distortion amplitude variation with offset AMPS anaerobic analog angle of approach angle of incidence angular dispersion angular unconformity anhydrite aniline point test anion anionic anisotropic anisotropic formation anisotropy annubar annular blowout preventer annular BOP annular flow annular gas flow annular pressure annular production annular space annular velocity annuli annulus anode anomalous anomaly anoxic antialias filter anticlinal anticlinal trap anticline antifoam	antifoam agent antisqueeze antithetic fault antiwhirl bit AOF AOFP aperture API API cement API fluid loss test API fluid-loss test API gravity API unit API water apparent anisotropy apparent dip apparent matrix apparent velocity apparent viscosity apparent wavelength applied-potential method appraisal aquifer Archie equation Archie rock area open to flow arenaceous argillaceous arithmetic mean armor aromatic content test aromatic hydrocarbon array array induction array laterolog array propagation resistivity array sonic arrival arrival time artificial intelligence artificial lift as delivered BTU as-delivered BTU asphalt asphaltenes asphaltic crude asphaltic mud additive assignment asthenosphere ASTM atmospheric corrosion attapulgite attenuate attenuation attenuation resistivity attitude attribute audio measurement aulacogen authigenic authochthon authority for expenditure autochthonous autocorrelation automatic gain control autotrack autotracking AV average reservoir pressure average velocity AVO axial loading axial surface azimuth azimuthal azimuthal density azimuthal laterolog azimuthal resolution