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Subject Index

abandonment rate, 206 electric submersible pump, 255
abnormal pressure regimes, 135 gas lift, 259
absolute permeability, 219 asphaltene, 391
absorption, 281 Assess stage, 370, 371
accident investigation, 85 asset-based organisation, 401
lost time incident, 85 audit team, 403
acetylenes, 111 audits, 402
acid automated pipe handling, 56
carbonic, 113 availability, 313, 396, 401
treatment, 408 AVO. See amplitude variation with offset
acidising, 232
base case, 338
acidity, 106
base sediment and water, 206
acoustic impedance, 30
base year cost, 360
acquisition geometry, 32
activity based costing, 323, baseline, 425
bath tub curve, 320
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actual OPEX, 398 benzene, 112
adsorption, 285 BHA. See bottom hole assembly
AI. See acoustic impedance bidding round, 9, 12
air guns, 32 binary mixture, 119
ALARP, 87 bioturbation, 97
alkalinity, 106 black oil, 122, 128
alkanes, 109, 114 blow down, 214
alkenes, 111 blowout, 59, 78, 136
alonghole depth, 154 blowout preventer, 50, 59
amplitude, 30 boiling point, 116
variation with offset, 42 BOP. See blowout preventer
analytical models, 223 borehole seismic surveying, 35
annual borehole tomography, 33
reporting, 182 bottom hole assembly, 54
brainstorming, 371
requirements, 182 breakdown, 397
work programme, 319 breakdown maintenance, 321
API, 114 bridge plug, 391, 414
API gravity, 114 BS&W. See base sediment and water
appraisal, 1, 4, 191 bubble point, 117
cost-benefit, 211 build-up, 5, 205, 224
development, 1 build-up period, 5, 205, 224
fiscal regime, 198 business plan, 402
tools, 194 butane, 110
aquifer, 388 by-passing, 217
response, 209 BYC. See base year cost
Archie’s law, 163
area calorific value, 126
depth graph, 175 CAO. See computer assisted operations
depth method, 175 capacity, 313, 394
thickness method, 176 CAPEX. See capital expenditure
area-depth, 175 CAPEX-OPEX trade-offs, 320
area-thickness, 176 capillary pressure, 137, 139
aromatics, 111, 113 capital
artificial lift, 254, 293 allowances, 343, 346
beam pumping, 255 expenditure, 341
downhole pumping, 247, 295 capital expenditure, 341

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