PRT 160 Section 1
Across
- 1. Wells drilled to test unproven geological structures (11 letters)
- 3. Rock property allowing fluids to flow through connected pores (12 letters)
- 5. Resources requiring fracturing or horizontal drilling to produce economically (14 letters)
- 8. The industry segment that refines and markets products (10 letters)
- 10. Catastrophic well control failure discussed in drilling safety (7 letters)
- 13. Production phase using natural reservoir energy only (7 letters)
- 14. Balancing this with financial risk is central to exploration strategy (11 letters)
- 15. Ancient organic material that became petroleum over millions of years (10 letters)
- 17. The first major phase of the petroleum value chain (11 letters)
- 21. WELL This type of well has the lowest risk but also lowest reward potential (6,4 letters)
- 22. The industry segment that extracts hydrocarbons from the ground (8 letters)
- 25. Resources that produce economically without special stimulation (12 letters)
- 26. ASSESSMENT This type of analysis combines geological, geophysical, and economic data (4,10 letters)
- 28. OIL Oil with high API gravity that flows easily (5,3 letters)
- 29. SEISMIC Advanced imaging technology that monitors reservoir changes over time (2,7 letters)
- 32. Enhanced recovery phase using water or gas injection (9 letters)
- 33. Technology that images subsurface structures using sound waves (7 letters)
- 34. Production wells drilled within a known field's boundaries (11 letters)
- 35. This rock property measures void space where fluids accumulate (8 letters)
Down
- 2. Companies build this across risk levels to balance cash flow with growth (9 letters)
- 4. The industry segment handling pipelines and storage (10 letters)
- 6. MAPPING Maps showing subsurface geological features and potential traps (10,7 letters)
- 7. LEARNING Computer-based technique improving interpretation of seismic data (7,8 letters)
- 9. PRESSURE The type of pressure exerted by formation fluids underground (9,8 letters)
- 11. OIL Heavy oil with low API gravity and high viscosity (5,3 letters)
- 12. DRY HOLES The ambitious industry goal of eliminating unsuccessful exploration wells (4,3,5 letters)
- 16. Wells drilled to gather data after initial discovery (9 letters)
- 18. CHAIN The complete sequence from oil formation to consumer products (5,5 letters)
- 19. MANAGEMENT This management approach adapts to reservoir uncertainty using data and analytics (8,10 letters)
- 20. The ratio of gas production to oil production (3 letters)
- 23. UNCERTAINTY The economic and geological risk that exploration teams must evaluate (7,11 letters)
- 24. The process of using multiple data sources to reduce exploration uncertainty (11 letters)
- 27. SHOWS Surface indicators like seeps that suggest subsurface hydrocarbons (7,4 letters)
- 30. The moment exploration efforts successfully encounter hydrocarbons (9 letters)
- 31. APPROACH This approach spreads investment across low-risk and high-reward prospects (9,10 letters)