Glossary

This glossary more specifically relates to oil and gas exploration and production terms.

Injection well:: Well used to inject water or gas, in order to maintain a field at pressure or bring it back under pressure.
Isochrone (curve):: A line on a map or chart connecting points at which an event occurs simultaneously or which represent the same time or time difference.
Izomerisation:: The chemical process by which a compound is transformed into any of its isomeric forms, i.e. a molecule whose elementary composition is identical, but with a different atomic structure or configuration. Two compounds are said to be identical if they have the same crude formula but have different developed formulae.