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The Petroleum Extension Service
업종: Education; Oil & gas
Number of terms: 4495
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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.
An organic acid compound sometimes used to acidize oilwells.
Industry:Oil & gas
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