2014 SPE Forum Series

1. engine used to increase the pressure of natural gas so that it will flow more easily through a pipeline.
3. exploration and production portions of the oil and gas industry.
6. to a variety of processes to increase the amount of oil removed from a reservoir, typically by injecting a liquid or gas.
10. assembly of valves, pipes, and fittings used to control the flow of oil and gas from a well.
11. well drilled in an area where no current oil or gas production exists.
12. gas containing hydrogen sulfide.
15. gas produced from reservoir rocks.
16. reduction in permeability in reservoir formation to create fractures through which oil or gas may move to the wellbore.

1. to replace jointed pipe in certain types of drilling, completion, and workover operations.
2. term sometimes used to refer to those industry activities that fall between exploration and production and refining and marketing.
4. under conditions where the pressure being exerted inside the wellbore is less than the pressure of the oil or gas in the formation.
5. gas containing significant amounts of liquifiable hydrocarbons.
7. close valves on a well so that it stops production.
8. term used to describe tools, equipment, and instruments used in the wellbore, or conditions or techniques applying to the wellbore.
9. indicated the refining and marketing sectors of the industry.
13. point at which the hydrocarbons and water exit the ground.
14. on a producing well to restore or increase production.