depletion drive

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depletion drive [də′plē·shən ‚drīv]

(petroleum engineering)

Displacement mechanism (type of drive) to expel hydrocarbons from porous reservoir formations, that is, to remove more hydrocarbon from the reservoir; types of drives are gas or water (natural or injected) and injected liquefied petroleum gas.

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