Well Spacing - Well Spacing

Japanese: ウェルスペーシング - うぇるすぺーしんぐ
Well Spacing - Well Spacing


[Oil well]
The first problem in developing a new oil field is how many wells to drill. This also means how far apart the wells should be, i.e., how well spacing should be. It was once thought that the more wells there were, the more oil would be recovered from the reservoir.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "well spacing" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[油井]
 新油田開発の最初の問題は掘削する採油井の数をなん本にするかということである。これは坑井間隔,すなわちウェルスペーシングwell spacingをどのくらいにするかということでもある。かつては油井の数が多いほど,油層からの回収油量も多いと考えられていた。…

※「ウェルスペーシング」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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