geopressured
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of geopressured
Example Sentences
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A prime example is a 1975-to-1992 DOE survey of geopressured resources in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Scientific American
The survey documents data from 16 wells off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas that show geopressured and geothermal energy reserves in the Gulf exceed the energy contained in all the conventional natural gas reserves of the continental U.S.
From Scientific American
Tuscaloosa Sand, "geopressured" zones could raise nation's supply The night of Aug. 13 was one that Lucy Parlange, wife of a plantation owner near New Roads, La., will never forget.
From Time Magazine Archive
Department of Energy is providing funds to assemble information on the Gulf Coast's geopressured zones.
From Time Magazine Archive
At a conference on geopressure at the University of Southwest Louisiana in November, a research team that had converted an abandoned gas well into a geopressured test hole reported recovering 10,300 bbl. a day of superheated gas-saturated brine, which yielded up 1.5 million cu. ft. of gas.
From Time Magazine Archive
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