Drilling

Drilling

Of or relating to the penetration of the Earth's surface in order to extract petroleum oil.

Industry: Oil & gas

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injection well

Oil & gas; Drilling

n injection well is a vertical pipe in the ground into which water, other liquids, or gases are pumped or allowed to flow.

subterranean

Oil & gas; Drilling

being or operating under the surface of the earth; "subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water"

The lowest temperature at which application of a flame to the test chamber of a tester causes vapors of the sample in the chamber to ignite. The test can be applied to base fluids being considered ...

pour point

Oil & gas; Drilling

The lowest temperature (in °F or °C) at which a liquid remains pourable (meaning it still behaves as a fluid). Oil or synthetic muds with high pour points may suffer from poor screening and ...

bottomhole assembly

Oil & gas; Drilling

The lower portion of the drillstring, consisting of (from the bottom up in a vertical well) the bit, bit sub, a mud motor (in certain cases), stabilizers, drill collar, heavy-weight drillpipe, ...

dehydration

Oil & gas; Drilling

The loss of water from cement slurry or drilling fluid by the process of filtration. Dehydration results in the deposition of a filter cake and loss of the slurry鈥檚 internal fluid into a porous ...