18 July 2017

Crater

Term meaning the hole is caving in. To crater refers to the results that sometime accompany a violent blowout during which the surface surrounding the wellbore […]
18 July 2017

Crooked hole

A wellbore that has been unintentionally drilled in a direction other than vertical. It usually occurs where there is a section of alternating hard and soft […]
18 July 2017

Crown block

An assembly of sheaves mounted on beams at the top of the derrick and over which the drilling line is reeved. See block, reeve, sheave.
18 July 2017

Cuttings

The fragments of rock dislodged by the bit and brought to the surface in the drilling mud. Washed and dried cuttings samples are analyzed by geologists […]