- Industry: Education; Oil & gas
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The Petroleum Extension Service (PETEX) is a unit of the Division of Continuing Education at The University of Texas at Austin and has been training companies and individuals since 1944.
A driller, a derrickhand, and two or more helpers who operate a drilling or workover rig for one tour each day.
Industry:Oil & gas
A water-base mud in which water is the continuous phase and oil is the dispersed phase.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. the flat portion machined on the base of the bit shank that meets the shoulder of the drill collar and serves to form a pressure-tight seal between the bit and the drill collar. 2. the portion of the box end or the pin end of a tool joint; the two shoulders meet when the tool joint is connected and form a pressure-tight seal.
Industry:Oil & gas
An internal-combustion engine used to power a drilling rig. These engines are used on a rotary rig and are usually fueled by diesel fuel, although liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, and, very rarely, gasoline can also be used.
Industry:Oil & gas
The surface area overlying an oil reservoir or reservoirs. The term usually includes not only the surface area, but also the reservoir, the wells, and the production equipment.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. to close the valves on a well so that it stops producing. 2. to close in a well in which a kick has occurred.
Industry:Oil & gas
To part or open fractures in limestone formations by using fluid under hydraulic pressure.
Industry:Oil & gas
An engineer who specialises in the technical aspects of drilling.
Industry:Oil & gas
The pressure at the bottom of a well when the surface valves on the well are completely closed. It is caused by formation fluids at the bottom of the well.
Industry:Oil & gas
