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PRONUNCIATION OF FIREFLOOD

fireflood  [ˈfaɪəˌflʌd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIREFLOOD

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fireflood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FIREFLOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fireflood and Other Stories

Fireflood and Other Stories is the first collection of short work by Vonda N. McIntyre, published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin in 1979 and reprinted in paperback by Timescape Books in 1981. UK editions were issued by Gollancz in 1980 and by Pan Books in 1982; it was also issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Fireflood placed fifth in the annual Locus Poll for best collection.

Definition of fireflood in the English dictionary

The definition of fireflood in the dictionary is a method of extracting oil from a well by burning some of the oil to increase the rate of flow.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FIREFLOOD


beblood
bɪˈblʌd
blood
blʌd
coldblood
ˈkəʊldˌblʌd
flesh-and-blood
ˌflɛʃəndˈblʌd
flood
flʌd
gutterblood
ˈɡʌtərˌblʌd
hotblood
ˈhɒtˌblʌd
lifeblood
ˈlaɪfˌblʌd
lud
lʌd
M´lud
məˈlʌd
overflood
ˌəʊvəˈflʌd
oxblood
ˈɒksˌblʌd
photoflood
ˈfəʊtəʊˌflʌd
pureblood
ˈpjʊəˌblʌd
reflood
riːˈflʌd
warmblood
ˈwɔːmˌblʌd
waterflood
ˈwɔːtərˌflʌd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIREFLOOD

firedamp
firedog
firedragon
firedrake
firefang
firefight
firefighter
firefighting
fireflies
firefloat
firefly
fireguard
firehouse
fireless
fireless cooker
firelight
firelighter
firelit
firelock
fireman

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIREFLOOD

bad blood
blue blood
curdle someone´s blood
Deucalion´s flood
dragon´s blood
first blood
flash flood
flesh and blood
full blood
half-blood
in cold blood
in one´s blood
livelood
new blood
sticky blood
sweat blood
the blood
the Flood
whole blood
young blood

Synonyms and antonyms of fireflood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fireflood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIREFLOOD

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Translator English - Chinese

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fireflood
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fireflood
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Firefly
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fireflood
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fireflood
85 millions of speakers

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Fireflood
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fireflood
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fireflood
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अग्निमय
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fireflood
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Trends of use of fireflood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIREFLOOD»

The term «fireflood» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.224 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIREFLOOD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fireflood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIREFLOOD»

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Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched ...
Both dry and wet combustion are alternatives in an oxygen fireflood. For dry combustion operations, corrosion is limited to the lower wellbore area. In this area, the casing may be exposed to water from the reservoir and high-pressure oxygen ...
Dennis W. Schroll, 1988
2
The Grave of the Fireflies
Fireflood asked, backing away in fear a small bit. Kenny quickly stood back up and looked back at O'Reilly, a small smirk on his face and pure evil in his eyes. He licked his lips a bit, his eyes almost pure black like the Gohma emblem.
Alycia Davidson, 2009
3
Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 814
Wilson and Roots (2) studied the relative merits of fireflood and steamflood with regard to reservoir and oil properties. Some of their findings, established by comparing nine fireflood and ten steamflood cases that are known to be both ...
Raicar, M, Procter, R M
4
Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, ...
Norman J. Hyne. The fire generates heat, causing the oil to become more fluid. The large volume of hot gasses generated by the fire drives the heated oil toward producing wells (Fig. 27-5). A fireflood will fail if there is not enough oil in place to  ...
Norman J. Hyne, 2001
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Stratigraphic Reservoir Characterization for Petroleum ...
FIGURE 4.19 Diagram showing the same seismic horizon slice for three separate 3D seismic surveys in the Holt Sand Unit, northern Texas: One shot before a fireflood (burn) was initiated, one shot during midburn (after several months), and  ...
Roger M. Slatt, 2013
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Forensic Engineering: Environmental Case Histories for Civil ...
Fireflood sequence, 16, 22, 184, 186–, 209 effect of fire on watershed, 199–, 200 Flooding case historiesof,See Alviso flooding; Hidden Springs fireflood; Tia Juana River Valley flood; Woodland Hills inundation legal interpretation of,178 ...
James E. Slosson, Gerard Shuirman, 1992
7
Thermal Methods of Oil R...
W. H., and WHITE, P. D., " Lloydminster fireflood performance, modifications promise good recoveries," Oil and Gas J.. Vol. 80, No. 6, p. 101-1 12 (Feb. 8, 1982). 6.83. TERWILLIGER, P. L., CLAY, R. R., and WILSON, L. A., Jr, "Fireflood of the ...
Jacques Burger, Pierre Sourieau, Michel Combarnous
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The Practice of Reservoir Engineering
Diagram showing the same seismic horizon slice for three separate 3D seismic surveys in the Holt Sand unit, northern Texas: one shot before a fireflood (“burn”) was initiated, one shot during midburn (after several months), and one shot after  ...
L. P. Dake, 2001
9
The Oil & Gas Industry: A Nontechnical Guide
Fireflood or in situ combustion. A third kind ofthermal recovery is a fireflood, or in situ combustion (fig. 7–5). In relatively shallow reservoirs, operators use a gas burner or other ignition source to set on fire the subsurface oil in one part of the ...
Joseph Hilyard, 2012
10
New Scientist
This can result in flow blockage which may drastically increase the time required to effect recovery by thermal methods from a reservoir containing a highly viscous oil. The results of a fireflood pilot project, conducted at the Injection well Air ...

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIREFLOOD»

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Efficiency in production is where it's at
He added this was not a toe-heel air injection or fireflood concept. One company, in particular, is hoping to move into a full-fledge pilot scheme ... «Pipeline News, Jun 15»
2
BP Pakistan buyer renews employees' contract
It uses a new fireflood technology, which burns non-extracted crude oil underground to shore up overall oil production. BP Pakistan's current ... «The News International, Apr 11»
3
Beyond Propaganda
In Alberta's case, nearly 80 percent of the oil lays so deep underground that it needs to be either injected with steam or put through a “fireflood” ... «In These Times, Mar 08»

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