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waterflood

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[waw-ter-fluhd, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌflʌd, ˈwɒt ər- /

noun

  1. (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.

Etymology

Origin of waterflood

First recorded in 1925–30; water + flood

Example Sentences

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Climax, which already has an active waterflood oil division, insisted that it bought Whitehill only for the oil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Around him were wells producing oil by the waterflood method, in which oil is recovered by pumping water into the ground, thus increasing the underground pressure and forcing oil up the well.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder?

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

"The Lord sitteth above the waterflood, and the Lord remaineth a king for ever."

From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry

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