Volatility:

Terms Related to Volatility

• Condensate

  Hydrocarbons which are in the gaseous state under reservoir conditions but which become liquid either in passage up the hole or at the surface.

• Petroleum

  A substance occurring naturally in the earth and composed mainly of mixtures of chemical compounds of carbon and hydrogen, with or without other nonmetallic elements ...

• Thixotropy

  The property exhibited by a fluid that is in a liquid state when flowing and in a semisolid, gelled state when at rest. Most drilling ...

• Surface tension

  The tendency of liquids to maintain as small a surface as possible. It is caused by the cohesive attraction between the molecules of liquid.

• Oil and gas separator

  An item of production equipment used to separate liquid components of the well stream from gaseous elements. Separators are either vertical or horizontal and either ...

• Dispersed phase

  That part of a drilling mud--clay, shale, barite, and other solids--that is dispersed throughout a liquid or gaseous medium, forming the mud.

• Colloid

  1. A substance whose particles are so fine that they will not settle out of suspension or solution and cannot be seen under an ordinary ...