18 July 2017

Make-up a joint

To screw a length of pipe into another length of pipe.
25 July 2017

Makeup cathead

A device that is attached to the shaft of the drawworks and used as a power source for screwing together joints of pipe. It is usually […]
18 July 2017

Managed pressure drilling (MPD)

An adaptive drilling process used to precisely control the annular pressure profile throughout the wellbore. While conventional drilling uses the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud […]
10 November 2021

Management of Change (MOC)

A documented management system for review and approval of changes (both physical and process) to piping systems prior to implementation of the change. The MOC process […]