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live cement
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A term used to describe a cement slurry that remains liquid but is still capable of thickening or setting to become an unmovable solid mass. Some remedial operations treat the ...
simultaneous operation (SIMOP)
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A term used mainly on offshore platforms, or installations with multiple wellheads, where more than one wellbore is being accessed, such as where a drilling rig, slickline unit or ...
casing pressure
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A term used in well-control operations, typically during the drilling or workover phases of a well, to describe the pressure in the drillpipe or tubing annulus.
stabilized
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A term describing a flowing well when its rate of production through a given choke size remains constant, or in the case of a pumping well, when the fluid column within the well ...
expendable plug
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A temporary plug, inserted in the completion assembly before it is run, to enable pressure testing of the completed string. With the operation complete, the expendable plug can be ...
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