GIIP

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1. n. [General Terms, Shale Gas]
Abbreviation for gas initially in place, the volume of gas in a reservoir before production.

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international nautical mile

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1. n. [General Terms]

A unit of distance used for marine and aerial navigation. An international nautical mile is
approximately equivalent to the angle of one minute of latitude at Earth’s surface.

The conventional value for the nautical mile was established at the First International
Extraordinary Hydrographic Conference held in the Principality of Monaco in 1929 and named
the international nautical mile. In SI units, the international nautical mile is equal to exactly
1,852 m, which is approximately 6,076 ft.

Reference: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures: The International System of Units (SI),
8th edition. Paris: Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Convention du Mètre, 2006.

Synonyms: nautical mile

See: knot

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knot
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1. n. [General Terms]
A unit of speed used for marine and aerial navigation. A knot is one nautical mile per hour. In SI
units, the knot is equivalent to exactly 1,852/3,600 m/s, which is approximately 0.5144 m/s
[1.688 ft/s].
See: nautical mile, international nautical mile
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moment
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1. n. [General Terms]
The product of a physical quantity and its distance from an axis or a tendency to cause motion
around an axis.
2. n. [Reservoir Characterization]
The mean or expected value of the product formed by multiplying together a set of one or more
variates or variables, each to a specified power.

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nautical mile
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1. n. [General Terms]

A unit of distance used for marine and aerial navigation. A nautical mile is approximately
equivalent to the angle of one minute of latitude at Earth’s surface.

The conventional value for the nautical mile was established at the First International
Extraordinary Hydrographic Conference held in the Principality of Monaco in 1929 and named
the international nautical mile. In SI units, the nautical mile is equal to exactly 1,852 m, which is
approximately 6,076 ft.

Reference: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures: The International System of Units (SI),
8th edition. Paris: Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Convention du Mètre, 2006.

Synonyms: international nautical mile

See: knot

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pyrolysis
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1. n. [Geology, Geochemistry, Shale Gas]
A type of geochemical analysis in which a rock sample is subject to controlled heating in an inert
gas to or past the point of generating hydrocarbons in order to assess its quality as a source rock,
the abundance of organic material in it, its thermal maturity, and the quality of hydrocarbons it
might generate or have generated. Pyrolysis breaks large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller
molecules. This process is used to determine the quality of shale as a source rock and is
instrumental in evaluating shale gas plays.
See: generation, geochemistry, maturity, source rock
2. n. [General Terms]
Thermochemical breakdown of organic matter by heating in the absence of oxygen.

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STP
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1. n. [General Terms]
Abbreviation for standard temperature and pressure. Organizations establish a standard
temperature and pressure to enable the comparison of datasets and to meet their members’ and
stakeholders’ laboratory, industrial and regulatory requirements. For example, the International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) defines standard temperature to be 0°C
[273.15°K, 32°F] and standard pressure to be 100 kPa [1 bar, 0.9869 atm, 14.504 psi] and the
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) defines standard temperature to be 15°C [288.15°K, 59°F]
and standard pressure to be 100 kPa.
Alternate Form: standard temperature and pressure

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