18 July 2017
A tool consisting of a handle and releasable chain used for turning pipe or fittings of a diam larger than that which a pipe wrench would […]
18 July 2017
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 […]
18 July 2017
Clamps that grip a stand of casing, tubing, drill pipe, or sucker rods so that the stand can be raised from or lowered into the hole.
18 July 2017
Organic compounds of hydrogen and carbon whose densities, boiling points, and freezing points increase as their molecular weights increase. Although composed of only two elements, hydrocarbons […]
18 July 2017
1) the well cuttings obtained at designated footage intervals during drilling. From an examination of these cuttings, the geologist determines the type of rock and formations […]
18 July 2017
The large wrenches used to make up or break out drill pipe, casing, tubing, or other pipe; variously called casing tongs, pipe tongs, and so forth, […]
