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Compressibility

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000787

The fractional change in volume of a substance per unit change in pressure, indicating how much a material's volume decreases under increasing pressure. In reservoir engineering, it applies to rock, formation fluids, and the pore volume. It is typically expressed in reciprocal pressure units, such as psi^-1.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000787
FieldOil and gas
SubjectFormation Evaluation
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000787",
  "term": "Compressibility",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "The fractional change in volume of a substance per unit change in pressure, indicating how much a material's volume decreases under increasing pressure. In reservoir engineering, it applies to rock, formation fluids, and the pore volume. It is typically expressed in reciprocal pressure units, such as psi^-1.",
  "subject": "Formation Evaluation",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/compressibility/"
}

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