18 July 2017

Make up

1) to assemble and join parts to form a complete unit (e.g., to make up a string of casing). 2) to screw together two threaded pieces. […]
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 […]