18 July 2017
To encounter an interruption in the circulation of drilling fluid due to the fact that the fluid is entering into a porous or fractured formation underground […]
18 July 2017
To attach a joint of drill pipe onto the drill stem suspended in the wellbore to permit deepening the wellbore by the length of the joint […]
18 July 2017
To hoist the drill stem out of the wellbore to perform one of a number of operations such as changing bits or taking a core and […]
18 July 2017
To deepen the hole made by the bit (i.e., to drill ahead).
18 July 2017
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
To screw a length of pipe into another length of pipe.
18 July 2017
To prepare drilling fluids from a mixture of water or other liquids and any one or more of the various dry mud making materials (such as […]
18 July 2017
In drilling, to seal the hole off from the formation water or oil by using mud. This applies especially to the undesirable blocking off of the […]
18 July 2017
In drilling, to assemble the blowout preventer stack on the wellhead at the surface.
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
To place cement plugs into a dry hole and abandon it.
18 July 2017
To seal off the bottom section of a wellbore to prevent the inflow of fluid from that portion of the hole.
