secondary oil recovery

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secondary oil recovery [′sek·ən‚der·ē ′ȯil ri‚kəv·ə·rē]

(petroleum engineering)

Procedures used to increase the flow of oil from depleted or nearly depleted wells; includes fracturing, acidizing, waterflood, and gas injection.

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No references found			The portfolio covers three high-growth segments: water desalination, industrial water treatment processes and secondary oil recovery. Seera buyout of BWA completed by Gulf Industry PEMEX director Adrian Lajous said the suspended projects include development of oil-exploration sites on the Tabasco state coast and the implementation of a system of secondary oil recovery. SHARP DECLINE IN OIL PRICES FORCES ZEDILLO ADMINISTRATION TO MODIFY ... by SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico Secondary oil recovery is the incremental oil recovered via supplementary methods such as water, steam, and gas injection. The environment and the economy: seeking a common ground by Weidenbaum, Murray L.; Douglass, Christopher; Orlando, Michael / USA Today (Magazine)			secondary growth secondary hardening secondary haulage secondary high explosive secondary hydrogen atom Secondary Hypertension secondary hypothermia secondary index secondary interstices secondary ion mass analyzer secondary ion mass spectrometer secondary ionization coefficient secondary item secondary key secondary light source secondary limestone secondary lobe secondary low Secondary Measuring Instrument secondary member secondary meristem secondary metabolite secondary metal secondary mineral Secondary Minerals secondary oil recovery secondary optic axis secondary periderm secondary phloem secondary photocurrent secondary plant product secondary plasticizer secondary pollutant secondary porosity secondary port Secondary Quartzite secondary radar secondary radiation secondary rainbow Secondary Raw Material secondary recovery secondary reference fuel secondary reflection Secondary Refrigerant secondary reinforcement secondary rescue facilities secondary reserves secondary root secondary school secondary sewage sludge Secondary Sex Characteristics			Secondary Mortgage Markets Secondary motor cortex Secondary motor cortex Secondary motor cortex Secondary Multifunctional Display secondary myocarditis secondary myocarditis secondary myocarditis secondary narcissism secondary narcissism secondary narcissism secondary narcissism Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards Secondary National Strategy Secondary Navy Enlisted Classification Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry Secondary Next Of Kin secondary nondisjunction Secondary Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus secondary nutrient secondary nystagmus secondary nystagmus secondary nystagmus secondary obesity secondary occlusal traumatism secondary occlusal traumatism by food secondary occlusal traumatism by food secondary offering secondary offering Secondary Offerings secondary oil recovery secondary oocyte secondary oocyte secondary oocyte Secondary oöcyte Secondary oöcyte Secondary oöcyte Secondary Operand Execution Pipeline secondary optic axis Secondary Optical Element Secondary Organic Aerosol Secondary Organic Carbon Secondary osteoarthritis Secondary Oxygen Pack secondary pacemaker secondary pacemaker secondary pacemaker Secondary palate Secondary palate Secondary palate Secondary parkinsonism Secondary parkinsonism Secondary parkinsonism Secondary Participants Secondary Particulate Emissions Secondary Payload Orbital Transfer Vehicle Secondary Performance-Based Agreement secondary periderm secondary peritonitis Secondary phloem Secondary phloem

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