18 July 2017
The producing formation, often one that is not even sandstone. It is also called pay, pay zone, and producing zone.
18 July 2017
To pierce the casing wall and cement of a wellbore to provide holes through which formation fluids may enter or to provide holes in the casing […]
18 July 2017
A device fitted with shaped charges or bullets that is lowered to the desired depth in a well and fired to create penetrating holes in casing, […]
18 July 2017
1) a measure of the ease with which a fluid flows through the connecting pore spaces of rock or cement. The unit of measurement is the […]
18 July 2017
Oil or gas obtained from the rocks of the earth. See hydrocarbons.
18 July 2017
The male section of a tool joint. See tool joint.
18 July 2017
See horizontal tubular.
18 July 2017
An arm-based machine that usually transitions drill pipe from the horizontal to the vertical position in a single motion. It is usually rotated around a fixed […]
18 July 2017
A sealing component for a blowout preventer that closes the annular space between the pipe and the blowout preventer or wellhead. See annular space and blowout […]
25 July 2017
See Driller’s Chair
18 July 2017
An immobile, offshore structure constructed on pilings from which wells are drilled, produced, or both.
18 July 2017
To place cement plugs into a dry hole and abandon it.
