2007-03-02 16:29:59 · 5 answers · asked by Miranda W 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Natural gas expands to fill the space. Land sinks and settles. Water infiltrates oil reservoirs. Water or other materials are pumped into the reservoir as oil is pumped out. It varies with the oil field.
2007-03-02 16:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no longer something is going contained in the hollow, it truly is held open via creating use of metal pipe. The rock underground is style of a sponge. To get liquid out of a sponge, you squeeze and the sponge receives smaller. Oil flowing out the pipe reduces the rigidity contained in the rock, so the over-all rock formation compresses. it really is stated in some oilfields via the floor floor subsiding, getting decrease in elevation. even as the rigidity is intense adequate, it may push the oil up the pipe like a gusher, yet finally that lowers so a pump has for use to produce the oil. The decreased rigidity also helps different drinks to bypass in so as that finally that is water or saline water which will be produced on the properly. even as too a lot water dilutes the oil, the properly is close in and abandoned. that is quite uncommon for a properly to easily bypass dry, it truly is each and each of the liquid removed from the rock.
2016-11-27 01:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life
2007-03-02 16:36:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Whatever is injected into the space .......Man this is a good question !
2007-03-02 19:43:47 · answer #4 · answered by cesare214 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
air, water, we inject brine or waste water, or the surface subsides - or all of the above.
2007-03-02 16:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋