Enhanced oil recovery

Japanese: enhanced oil recovery(英語表記)enhancedoilrecovery
Enhanced oil recovery

...For this reason, gas injection is not as widely used as water flooding, but it is often used in oil fields where the location is poor and a water source is not available, or in cases where associated gas produced with crude oil is re-injected for storage purposes because there is no immediate sale of the gas.
[Enhanced Oil Recovery]
It is also called EOR for short. Water flooding and gas injection have a long history and are technically well-established methods.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "enhanced oil recovery" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このためガス圧入法は水攻法ほど広範囲には採用されていないが,立地条件が悪く水源が得られない油田とか,ガスの販売先が当面得られないために原油に伴って生産される随伴ガスを保存の目的を兼ねて再圧入する場合などに多く採用されている。
[増進回収法enhanced oil recovery]
 略してEORともいわれる。水攻法やガス圧入法は歴史も古く,技術的にも確立された方法といえる。…

※「enhanced oil recovery」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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