water floodingn.
/ˈwɔːtə flʌdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌflədɪŋ/, /ˈwɑdər ˌflədɪŋ/ Oil Industry.
The injection of water into a reservoir rock through wells drilled for the purpose, in order to force oil into neighbouring production wells.
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society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > forcing in water or fluid
water injection1795
water drive1917
water flooding1926
repressuring1927
water flood1928
hydraulic fracturing1948
fracking1953
sandfrac1953
sandfracing1957
hydrofracturing1972
1926 Public Hearings (U.S. Federal Oil Conservation Board) Feb. 59 Water flooding has failed in a number of places where air has been highly successful.
1940 P. D. Torrey in E. DeGolyer Elements Petroleum Industry xiii. 289 The two most commonly employed secondary recovery methods are water-flooding and gas-repressuring.
2014 S. Papavinasam Corrosion Control Oil & Gas Industry ii. 59 Primary production is followed by water flooding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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