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spurt loss
Oil & gas; Drilling
The instantaneous volume (spurt) of liquid that passes through a filter medium prior to deposition of a competent and controlling filter cake. In static filtration, the spurt ...
API Recommended Practice 10B Recommended Practice
Oil & gas; Drilling
The industry-standard document that provides guidelines for testing methods for cements and cement formulations for use in well cementing. These recommended procedures are ...
completion
Oil & gas; Drilling
The hardware used to optimize the production of hydrocarbons from the well. This may range from nothing but a packer on tubing above an openhole completion ("barefoot" ...
paraffinic hydrocarbon
Oil & gas; Drilling
The group of hydrocarbons consisting of linear molecules with the formula C n H 2n+2 . Methane, CH 4 , is the simplest member. Higher members, starting at about C 18 , are ...
olefinic hydrocarbon
Oil & gas; Drilling
The group of hydrocarbon compounds that has one or more double or triple bonds between carbon atoms in the linear chain. Ethylene, C 2 H 2 , is the smallest olefin. Synthetic ...
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