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subsurface safety valve (SSSV)
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A safety device installed in the upper wellbore to provide emergency closure of the producing conduits in the event of an emergency. Two types of subsurface safety valve are ...
dog collar
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A safety device used when running and retrieving tools or drill collars with a flush external surface that may easily pass through the rotary table slips. The dog collar is ...
float shoe
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A rounded profile component attached to the downhole end of a casing string. An integral check valve in the float shoe prevents reverse flow, or U-tubing, of cement slurry from ...
cementing plug
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A rubber plug used to separate the cement slurry from other fluids, reducing contamination and maintaining predictable slurry performance. Two types of cementing plug are ...
Archie rock
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A rock whose petrophysical properties are well described by the Archie equation with constant values for the porosity exponent and the saturation exponent. Such rocks typically ...
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