fireflood

noun

variants or fireflooding

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗⸗

: the process of injecting compressed air into a petroleum reservoir and burning some of the oil so as to drive the rest of the oil into producing wells

Word History

Etymology

fire entry 1 + flood entry 1 or flooding

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