Drilling

Drilling

Of or relating to the penetration of the Earth's surface in order to extract petroleum oil.

Industry: Oil & gas

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flow-concentrating

Oil & gas; Drilling

Referring to a type of spinner flowmeter in which most or all of the fluid flow in the well is diverted over the spinner by a device such as a basket or a packer.

lateral

Oil & gas; Drilling

Referring to a type of conventional electrical log in which the current-emitting and the current-return electrodes (A and B) are placed close together on the sonde, with the measure electrode (M) ...

Referring to a type of conventional electrical log in which the current emitting electrode (A) and the measure electrode (M) are placed close together on the sonde, and the current return electrode ...

elemental capture spectroscopy

Oil & gas; Drilling

Referring to a log of the yields of different elements in the formation, as measured by capture gamma ray spectroscopy using a pulsed neutron generator. The log is a type of pulsed neutron ...

neutron porosity

Oil & gas; Drilling

Referring to a log of porosity based on the effect of the formation on fast neutrons emitted by a source. Hydrogen has by far the biggest effect in slowing down and capturing neutrons. Since hydrogen ...