a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure
Word origin
[1925–30; water + flood]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: distinctive feature, dropout, gimmick, off-line, runout
Examples of 'waterflood' in a sentence
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We have introduced two basic modules here: a commercial reservoir simulator and our own streamline tracing and waterflood management program.
Zhouyuan Zhu, Zhengdong Lei, Zhangxin Chen 2018, 'Waterflood Management Using Hybrid Approach of Streamline-Based Interwell Flux Informationand Finite Volume Reservoir Simulation', Advances in Civil Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5943082. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An experimental study has been conducted to examine mobilization and recovery of waterflood residual oil in radial cores.
Nasr-El-Din H. A., Hawkins B. F. 2006, 'Recovery of Waterflood Residual Oil Using Alkali, Surfactant and Polymer Slugs inRadial Cores Récupération d'huile résiduelle par injection d'eau améliorée de produitsalcalins, de tensio-actifs et de polymères dans des carottes radiales', Oil & Gas Science and Technologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst:1991009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)