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Oil & gas; Oilfield

A mark or marker applied to a sand line or similar wire rope to indicate a specific depth or as a means of indicating the end of the line is nearing surface during retrieval. The ...

transgressive surface

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A marine flooding surface separating the underlying lowstand systems tract from the overlying transgressive systems tract. Typically, this is the first major flooding surface ...

parasequence boundary

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A marine flooding surface or its correlative surface.

depth mark

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A magnetic mark placed on a logging cable as a reference for depth measurements. The marks are placed on the cable at regular intervals, usually 100 ft (30 m) or 50 m (164 ft), ...

dosing pump

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A low-volume fluid pump with controllable discharge rate used to inject chemical additives to the mixing or pumping system. Dosing pumps frequently are used to inject fluids that ...

sand line

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A long cable, installed on most drilling and workover rigs, used when swabbing or bailing in the production tubing or wellbore tubulars. The sand line is typically stored and ...

electrode device

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A logging tool based on an arrangement of simple metallic electrodes working at low frequency (less than 500 Hz). The term includes conventional electrical logs, laterologs, ...