geopressured

[ jee-oh-presh-erd ]

adjective

1. subject to geostatic pressure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of geopressured¹

First recorded in 1965–70; geo- + pressure + -ed ²

Example Sentences

A prime example is a 1975-to-1992 DOE survey of geopressured resources in the Gulf of Mexico.

From Scientific American

The survey documents data from 16 wells off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas that show geopressured and geothermal energy reserves in the Gulf exceed the energy contained in all the conventional natural gas reserves of the continental U.S.

From Scientific American

Department of Energy is providing funds to assemble information on the Gulf Coast's geopressured zones.

From Time Magazine Archive

At a conference on geopressure at the University of Southwest Louisiana in November, a research team that had converted an abandoned gas well into a geopressured test hole reported recovering 10,300 bbl. a day of superheated gas-saturated brine, which yielded up 1.5 million cu. ft. of gas.

From Time Magazine Archive

The economics will look more encouraging, however, if Congress adopts a provision now in a pending tax bill that will allow a tax credit of 50� per 1,000 cu. ft. of geopressured gas recovered.

From Time Magazine Archive