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bullet perforating
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An early perforating method that used a hardened steel bullet or projectile, propelled by an explosive charge, to create a perforation tunnel. This method creates a ...
deployment system
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An assembly of pressure-control equipment that enables the running and retrieval of long tool strings on a coiled tubing string in a live wellbore. The deployment system is ...
grease-injection system
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An assembly of components used to contain wellhead fluids and pressure during braided-line or wireline operations. The wireline passes through a close-tolerance tube assembly as ...
rod string
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An assembled length of sucker rods used to connect and power a rod pump with the reciprocating power source at surface.
hydraulic power pack
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An assembly of components and controls necessary to provide a hydraulic power supply. In modern oilfield activities, many systems are hydraulically powered, including the majority ...
electric submersible pump
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An artificial-lift system that utilizes a downhole pumping system that is electrically driven. The pump typically comprises several staged centrifugal pump sections that can be ...
hydraulic pumping
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An artificial-lift system that operates using a downhole pump. A surface hydraulic pump pressurizes crude oil called power oil, which drives the bottom pump. When a single ...
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