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Weiqiao Yangxin power station

Weiqiao Yangxin power station (魏桥集团阳信县公共供热中心) is a coal-fired combined heat and power station in Yangxin County, Binzhou, Shandong, China, with four 330 MW units operating since 2015.

Weiqiao Zhanhua power station

Weiqiao Zhanhua power station is a captive 1,400 MW coal-fired power station in Zhanhua District, Binzhou, Shandong, China, operated by Binzhou Zhanhua Huihong New Material Co Ltd.

Weiqiao Zouping-1 power station

Weiqiao Zouping-1 power station (魏桥集团邹平新一电) is an ultra-supercritical coal-fired power station in Zouping, Shandong, China, with at least 4,620 MW of captive capacity serving Weiqiao's aluminum operations.

Weiqiao Zouping-3 power station

Weiqiao Zouping-3 power station was a captive coal-fired power station in Zouping, Shandong, China, with eight 150 MW units commissioned between 2006 and 2009 and retired in 2020.

Weiqiao Zouping-7 power station

The Weiqiao Zouping-7 power station, also called the Changshan thermal power plant, is a 2,640 MW coal plant in Zouping, Shandong, China, powering Weiqiao's aluminum smelters.

Weirong Shale Gas Field

The Weirong Shale Gas Field (威荣页岩气田) is a deep shale gas field in the Sichuan Basin, China, operated by Sinopec and called China's first deep shale gas field.

Weisweiler power station

Weisweiler power station (Kraftwerk Weisweiler) is a lignite-fired power plant operated by RWE in Eschweiler, Germany, near Aachen, running since 1955 and set to close by 2029.

Weixin power station

Weixin power station (威信电厂) is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power station in Weixin County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China, operating two 600 MW supercritical units since 2012.

Weiyuan Shale Gas Field

The Weiyuan Shale Gas Field (威远页岩气) is a natural gas field in the Sichuan Basin, China, operated by PetroChina and producing shale gas since 2016.

Weizhou 12-2 Oil and Gas Field

Weizhou 12-2 Oil and Gas Field (涠洲12-2) is a shallow-water offshore oil field in the Beibu Gulf off Guangxi, China, operated by CNOOC and producing since 2016.

Well completion

Well completion is the operations and permanent equipment that convert a drilled oil or gas well into a producing or injecting well, spanning tubing, perforating, and sand control.

Well kill

A well kill is the set of actions taken to kill a well and prevent a blowout, by circulating out the kick and replacing mud with kill-weight mud.

Well test (oil and gas)

A well test is a petroleum engineering procedure in which a well's flow rate and pressure are temporarily controlled and measured to evaluate reservoir properties, from exploration through field surveillance.

Well test analysis

Well test analysis, also called pressure transient analysis (PTA), interprets pressure and flow-rate measurements at a well to estimate reservoir properties such as permeability, skin factor, and pressure.

Well-to-wheel analysis

Well-to-wheel (WTW) analysis is a life-cycle assessment method that quantifies greenhouse gas emissions and energy use of transportation fuels from primary energy production through final use, excluding vehicle manufacturing.

Wellbore stability analysis

Wellbore stability analysis is a geomechanical method predicting whether a drilled borehole stays intact, computing the safe mud weight window between collapse and lost circulation.

Wells turbine

The Wells turbine is a self-rectifying air turbine patented by Alan Arthur Wells in 1976, the most widely used power take-off for oscillating water column wave energy converters.

Welsh Power Plant

The Welsh Power Plant, formally the J. Robert Welsh Power Plant, is a coal-fired station near Cason in Titus County, Texas, operated by SWEPCO since 1977 and scheduled to convert to natural gas by 2028.

Welzow-Süd Coal Mine

Welzow-Süd (Tagebau Welzow-Süd) is an opencast lignite mine in Brandenburg, Germany, opened in 1966 and operated by LEAG. It produces about 20 million tonnes of lignite a year, with mining set to end in 2030.

Wendeng hydroelectric plant

The Wendeng hydroelectric plant (山东文登抽水蓄能电站) is an 1,800 MW pumped storage power station in Weihai, Shandong, China, the largest in the province, fully operational since 2023.

Wenzhou LNG Terminal

The Wenzhou LNG Terminal (浙能温州LNG接收站) is a liquefied natural gas import terminal on Xiaomen Island in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, which received its first cargo in August 2023.

West Assiut power station

West Assiut power station (محطة كهرباء غرب أسيوط) is a 1,500 MW gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Assiut Governorate, Egypt, owned by the Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company.

West Austria Gas Pipeline

The West Austria Gas Pipeline (German: West-Austria-Gasleitung, WAG) is a high-pressure natural gas pipeline running across Austria from Baumgarten on the Slovak border to Oberkappel, commissioned in 1980.

West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited

West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) is a Government of West Bengal enterprise that generates thermal power from coal-fired stations like Kolaghat, Sagardighi, Bakreswar, and Santaldih.

West Bokaro Coal Mine

The West Bokaro Coal Mine is an opencast coking coal mine in Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, India, operated by Tata Steel since 1956 to supply its Jamshedpur steel plant.

West County Energy Center

West County Energy Center is a natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Loxahatchee, Florida, owned by Florida Power & Light and rated at 3,750 MW.

West Franklin Gas Field

West Franklin is a high-pressure, high-temperature gas-condensate field in the UK Central Graben of the North Sea, about 240 km east of Aberdeen, discovered by Total in 2003.

West Kingfish Oil and Gas Field

West Kingfish is an oil field in the Gippsland Basin off Victoria, Australia, developed from a platform by Esso and BHP between 1982 and 1984, now decommissioned.

West Macedonia Lignite Centre

The West Macedonia Lignite Centre is a network of surface lignite mines in the Ptolemaida basin of northern Greece, operated by Greece's Public Power Corporation.

West Muswellbrook Coal Mine

The West Muswellbrook Coal Mine is a proposed open-cut coal mine about 12 km northwest of Muswellbrook, New South Wales, promoted from 2014 and never developed past the pre-permit stage.