Glossary
Glossary
This glossary more specifically relates to oil and gas exploration and production terms.
- Gas cap:
- Upper portion of reservoir rock of a gas-containing field. The gas extracted during oil production is sometimes injected into the gas cap in order to boost hydrocarbon recovery.
- Gear:
- Toothed wheel.
- Genesis:
- Name of the first book of the Old Testament and, by extension, the way in which something (e.g. oil) is formed.
- Geologist:
- Scientist who studies the structure and evolution of the earth's crust.
- Geophone:
- Acoustical sensor for collecting reflected waves, in seismic exploration.
- Geophysicist:
- Scientist who studies the physical properties of the earth.
- Gravimetry:
- Measure of the intensity of gravity, used by geophysicists.
- Gravity:
- Force attracting bodies toward the center of the earth.
- Groundwater:
- water at shallow depth within the earth that supplies wells and springs with potable water.
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