- 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.
the process by which material (such as rock or soil) is worn away or removed (as by wind or water).
Industry:Oil & gas
the shift of duty on a drilling rig that generally starts in the afternoon and runs through the evening. Sometimes called afternoon tour. Compare daylight tour.
Industry:Oil & gas
sections of pipe (such as casing, liner, and tail pipe) in which holes or slots have been cut before it is set.
Industry:Oil & gas
the storage device for nitrogen pressurized hydraulic fluid, which is used in operating the blowout preventers.
Industry:Oil & gas
a fishing tool containing metalcutting knives that is lowered into the hole and over the outside of a length of pipe to cut it. The severed part of the pipe can then be brought to the surface. Also called an outside cutter. Compare internal cutter.
Industry:Oil & gas
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, cement, and formation.
Industry:Oil & gas
