18 July 2017
The act of bringing under control a well which is blowing out; also applied to the procedure of circulating water and mud into a completed well […]
18 July 2017
A cupboard or desk in which the driller keeps the various records pertaining to the drilling operations.
18 July 2017
An automated system for measuring, sampling, and transferring oil from a lease gathering system into a pipeline. See Lease Automatic Custody Transfer.
18 July 2017
To attach elevators to a section of pipe to pull it out of or run it into the hole.
18 July 2017
The pipe tongs suspended in the derrick or mast and operated by a wireline connected to the breakout cathead. In coming out of the hole, they […]
25 July 2017
The leak-off test (LOT) is routinely used to verify that the cement and formation being tested can withstand predicted wellbore pressures and that it’s safe to […]
18 July 2017
1) a legal document executed between a landowner, as lessor, and a company or individual, as lessee, that grants the right to exploit the premises for […]
25 July 2017
The measurement, sampling, and transfer of oil from the producer’s tanks to the connected pipeline on an automatic basis without a representative of either the producer […]
18 July 2017
Any string of casing whose top is situated at any point below the surface.
18 July 2017
The place where a well is drilled.
25 July 2017
A systematic recording of data, such as a driller’s log, mud log, electrical well log, or radioactivity log. Many different logs are run in wells to […]
25 July 2017
API RP-65/2 defines loss of well control (LWC) as “…flow of subterranean formation fluids or well fluids into the environment or into a separate underground formation.” […]
