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Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / natural gas exploration | | English term or phrase: blanket gas sand | "The energy industry is expecting considerable expansion over the next five-plus years in terms of exploration, new drilling activity and refurbishment of existing wells in southeast Alberta. This in an area rich in *** shallow blanket gas sand ***and is the target area XXX has chosen to make as one of the core areas for the company and a launching ground to other regional prospects."
Ernst and Routledge both suggest 'Schutzgas' for blanket gas, but I am not sure if this would apply here. I also eagerly checked my brandnew little dictionary on 'Bohr-,Foerder- und Offshore Technik' (thanks again, Steffen!) but to no avail. I would really be very grateful for an explanation/translation of this term. TIA. |
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| | Erklärungsversuch | Explanation:
What I've seen for "blanket gas" really doesn't seem to fit here.
But what about "parsing" the compound differently? Maybe that makes sense here.
There is something called "blanket sand":
A blanket deposit of sand or sandstone of unusually wide distribution, typically an orthoquartzitic sandstone deposited by a transgressive sea advancing for a considerable distance over a stable shelf area; e.g., the St. Peter Sandstone of the East-Central United States. Syn: sheet sand; blanket sandstone.
http://www.webref.org/geology/b/blanket_sand.htm
There is also the term "gas sand":
gas sand
1. n. [Geology] ID: 226
A porous sand layer or sand body charged with natural gas.
See: oil sand, sandstone
http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=gas sa...
The term "blanket":
blanket deposit
a. A horizontal, tabular orebody; manto; bedded vein. AGI
b. A sedimentary deposit of great areal extent and relatively uniform
thickness; esp. a blanket sand and associated limestones.
See also:blanket; blanket vein.
http://www.maden.hacettepe.edu.tr/dmmrt/dmmrt117.html
If this interpretation is possible, the term "shallow blanket gas sand" would refer to a thin (shallow) layer of gas sand covering a wide area like a blanket. :-)
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Heike Behl, Ph.D.
Local time: 18:08
| Grading comment Thanks for the great explanation, Heike and thanks to Krokodil for the suggested term. I wish I could give 4 points to both of you.
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Explanation:
What I've seen for "blanket gas" really doesn't seem to fit here.
But what about "parsing" the compound differently? Maybe that makes sense here.
There is something called "blanket sand":
A blanket deposit of sand or sandstone of unusually wide distribution, typically an orthoquartzitic sandstone deposited by a transgressive sea advancing for a considerable distance over a stable shelf area; e.g., the St. Peter Sandstone of the East-Central United States. Syn: sheet sand; blanket sandstone.
http://www.webref.org/geology/b/blanket_sand.htm
There is also the term "gas sand":
gas sand
1. n. [Geology] ID: 226
A porous sand layer or sand body charged with natural gas.
See: oil sand, sandstone
http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=gas sa...
The term "blanket":
blanket deposit
a. A horizontal, tabular orebody; manto; bedded vein. AGI
b. A sedimentary deposit of great areal extent and relatively uniform
thickness; esp. a blanket sand and associated limestones.
See also:blanket; blanket vein.
http://www.maden.hacettepe.edu.tr/dmmrt/dmmrt117.html
If this interpretation is possible, the term "shallow blanket gas sand" would refer to a thin (shallow) layer of gas sand covering a wide area like a blanket. :-)
| | | Grading comment | Thanks for the great explanation, Heike and thanks to Krokodil for the suggested term. I wish I could give 4 points to both of you. |
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