reservoir rock
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of reservoir rock
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The green layer would be a non- permeable rock, and the yellow would be a reservoir rock.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
In California, much less water is used and the period of pressuring the reservoir rock is much shorter, Department of Conservation chief deputy director Jason Marshall said.
From Scientific American • Feb. 11, 2014
Approached from the side with a horizontal shaft, the reservoir rock could be contacted for thousands of feet rather than for the hundred or so feet a vertical well would afford.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2013
Oil needs to find light, porous reservoir rock so that it has a place to collect.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2011
In accounting for this pressure we must remember that the gas has been compressed within the pores of the reservoir rock by artesian water, and in some cases also by its own expansive force.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
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