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Flow rate

Meaning in oil, gas & mining, with examples

nounCore term

In oil, gas & mining, flow rate means: The amount of oil, gas or water that flows from a well or through a pipe in a given time, such as barrels per day or cubic metres per hour.

In Turkish: debi, akış hızı, üretim debisi

How it is used

Reported daily in production reports and well tests: 'the well tested at a flow rate of 3,000 bopd'. Engineers talk about initial flow rates, decline, the choke size that controls the rate, and the maximum flow rate of a pipeline.

Example sentences

  1. The flow rate dropped after we reduced the choke size.

  2. During the test, the well reached a flow rate of 18 million cubic feet of gas per day.

Common collocations

  • initial flow rate
  • measure the flow rate
  • maximum flow rate
  • stable flow rate
  • barrelThe standard unit for measuring crude oil, equal to 42 US gallons or about 159 litres. Oil prices and production rates are quoted per barrel.
  • wellheadThe steel equipment at the top of a well, at the surface or on the seabed, that holds the casing and tubing and connects the well to valves and flowlines.
  • separatorA pressure vessel at a production facility that splits the mixed flow from the wells into oil, gas and water so that each can be treated and sent on separately.
  • throughputThe amount of material that passes through a pipeline, plant or terminal in a given period, such as barrels per day or tonnes per hour.

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