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high-pressure, high-temperature
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to wells that are hotter or higher pressure than most. The term came into use upon the release of the Cullen report on the Piper Alpha platform disaster in the UK ...
hydrophilic
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to an attraction for water by the surface of a material or a molecule. Clays and most other natural minerals used in drilling fluids, such as barite and hematite, are ...
lipophilic
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to an attraction for oil by a surface of a material or a molecule. This term is applied to the oil-wetting behavior of treatment chemicals for oil muds. Lipophilic ...
multilateral
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to a well that has more than one branch radiating from the main borehole. The term is also used to refer to the multilateral well itself.
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