18 July 2017
To finish work on a well and bring it to productive status. See Well completion.
18 July 2017
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
The basis for payment in which contractor is paid by the operator at an agreed upon daily rate. This is in lieu of a footage rate […]
18 July 2017
Carrying on drilling operations while maintaining a seal at the top of the wellbore to prevent the well fluids from blowing out.
25 July 2017
The act of unwinding a cable from a drum. Also a device on a drilling rig that keeps the weight on the bit constant, and lowers […]
18 July 2017
To pump drilling fluid into the wellbore while the pipe is being withdrawn to ensure that the wellbore remains full of fluid even though the pipe […]
18 July 2017
The process of drowning out a well with water; also the process by which oil is driven through the sand into the well by water introduced […]
18 July 2017
When a well flows intermittently rather than continuously, it is said to be flowing by heads.
18 July 2017
To create holes in casing and cement set through a productive formation. A common method of completing a well is to set casing through the oil-bearing […]
18 July 2017
To create a hole through the casing with a shaped charge of high explosives instead of a gun that fires projectiles. The loaded charges are lowered […]
18 July 2017
The act of bringing under control a well which is blowing out; also applied to the procedure of circulating water and mud into a completed well […]
18 July 2017
To attach elevators to a section of pipe to pull it out of or run it into the hole.
