18 July 2017

Impermeable

Preventing the passage of fluid. A formation may be porous yet impermeable if there is an absence of connecting passages between the voids within it. See […]
18 July 2017

Inclinom

The trade name of an instrument used to determine whether or not the well bore is proceeding in a vertical orientation at any point. In most […]
18 July 2017

Influx

See Kick.
18 July 2017

Inhibitor

According to Webster, any agent which inhibits or prevents. In drilling and producing operations, it usually refers to corrosion inhibitor. Corrosion inhibitors are used widely in […]