Pay

English translation: economically producible hydrocarbons

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English term or phrase:Pay
Selected answer:economically producible hydrocarbons
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

11:38 Mar 8, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / oil production
English term or phrase: Pay
I have closed my previous question because it was errant.
I have come across the term "Pay-check" in a technical text regarding petroleum production and production measurement.

The sentence is:
• Current day dry oil Pay-Check allowable deviation

Later the text shows that "Pay" and Check" are separate terms. Therefore I am repeating the question for the 2 different terms.

Any suggestions? I haven't found any answer searching in specific dictionaries.

Thanks in advance.
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 15:02
economically producible hydrocarbons
Explanation:
pay
English | Español
1. n. [Geology]
A reservoir or portion of a reservoir that contains economically producible hydrocarbons. The term derives from the fact that it is capable of "paying" an income. Pay is also called pay sand or pay zone. The overall interval in which pay sections occur is the gross pay; the smaller portions of the gross pay that meet local criteria for pay (such as minimum porosity, permeability and hydrocarbon saturation) are net pay.
See: hydrocarbon, permeability, porosity, reservoir, sand
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5economically producible hydrocarbons
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
3продуктивный пласт
Nick Chuban
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrophysics
Jack Doughty

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pay
economically producible hydrocarbons


Explanation:
pay
English | Español
1. n. [Geology]
A reservoir or portion of a reservoir that contains economically producible hydrocarbons. The term derives from the fact that it is capable of "paying" an income. Pay is also called pay sand or pay zone. The overall interval in which pay sections occur is the gross pay; the smaller portions of the gross pay that meet local criteria for pay (such as minimum porosity, permeability and hydrocarbon saturation) are net pay.
See: hydrocarbon, permeability, porosity, reservoir, sand


    Reference: http://glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/p/pay.aspx
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
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pay
продуктивный пласт


Explanation:
чаще встречается как pay zone.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2015-03-09 05:08:37 GMT)
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Sorry, for my comment only in Russian.
Pay or more often used as 'pay zone' is the synonim of producing interval.

Nick Chuban
Russian Federation
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Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrophysics

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Thickness of rock with enough permeability to deliver fluids to a well bore is often called “Net reservoir rock.” In the oil and gas industry, another quantity “Net Pay” is computed which is the thickness of rock that can deliver hydrocarbons to the well bore at a profitable rate.

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