Low permeability definition

Low permeability means a soil layer of well-sorted, fine grain-sized sediments or of rock that under normal hydrostatic pressures would not be significantly permeable. Low permeability soils may include homogeneous clays below the zone of weathering, mudstone, claystone, shale, and some glacial till.
Low permeability means a permeability of less than two tenths of one inch per hour.
Low permeability means hydraulic conductivity of ≤1 x 10-9 metres per second or equivalent;

Examples of Low permeability in a sentence

  • Low permeability backfill may include a low strength grout mix known as controlled density fill (“CDF”), or “flowable fill”.

  • Field evaluations and reservoir development proposals for various oil and gas fields and New Ventures opportunities among which: - Development plan for fractured carbonate Russian oil field Kharyaga - Remaining potential evaluation of Burgos Basin (Low permeability gas fields in Mexico) for possible entry into Multiple Service Contracts with PEMEX.


More Definitions of Low permeability

Low permeability means a surface with permeability of 2 x 10-10 metres/second or less;

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