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Drilling
Of or relating to the penetration of the Earth's surface in order to extract petroleum oil.
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aggregation
Oil & gas; Drilling
The formation of groups or clusters of particles (aggregates) in a fluid. In water or in water-base drilling fluid, clay particles form aggregates in a dehydrated, face-to-face configuration. This ...
precipitation
Oil & gas; Drilling
The formation of an insoluble material in a fluid. Precipitation can occur by a chemical reaction of two or more ions in solution or by changing the temperature of a saturated solution. There are ...
tensile strength
Oil & gas; Drilling
The force per unit cross-sectional area required to pull a substance apart.
shear stress
Oil & gas; Drilling
The force per unit area required to sustain a constant rate of fluid movement. Mathematically, shear stress can be defined as: If a fluid is placed between two parallel plates spaced 1. 0 cm ...
shut-in bottomhole pressure
Oil & gas; Drilling
The force per unit area exerted at the bottom of a wellbore when it is closed at either the Christmas tree or the BOP stack. The SIBP is generated by a combination of the hydrostatic pressure from ...
displacement fluid
Oil & gas; Drilling
The fluid, usually drilling mud, used to force a cement slurry out of the casing string and into the annulus.