- 行业: Education; Oil & gas
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The Petroleum Extension Service (PETEX) is a unit of the Division of Continuing Education at The University of Texas at Austin and has been training companies and individuals since 1944.
a measure of the speed at which the bit drills into formations, usually expressed in feet (meters) per hour or minutes per foot (meter).
Industry:Oil & gas
hopper type tanks for storage of drilling fluid components.
Industry:Oil & gas
a method of well completion in which a slotted or perforated liner, often wire-wrapped, is placed in the well and surrounded by gravel. If open hole, the well is sometimes enlarged by underreaming at the point where the gravel is packed. The mass of gravel excludes sand from the wellbore but allows continued production.
Industry:Oil & gas
a tubular section of pipe that is threaded inside and used to connect two joints of casing.
Industry:Oil & gas
the system on the rig that performs all the lifting on the rig, primarily the lifting and lowering of drill pipe out of and into the hole. It is composed of drilling line, traveling block, crown block, and drawworks. See also hoisting components.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. a hole in the rig floor, some 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) deep, which is lined with casing that projects above the floor, into which the kelly and the swivel are placed when hoisting operations are in progress. 2. a hole of a diameter smaller than the main hole and drilled in the bottom of the main hole.
Industry:Oil & gas
on a drilling rig, a large metal bin that usually holds a large amount of a certain mud additive, such as bentonite, that is used in large quantities in the makeup of the drilling fluid.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. a short, heavy, cylindrical section of steel filled with concrete and rounded at the bottom, which is placed at the end of the casing string. It prevents the casing from snagging on irregularities in the borehole as it is lowered.
Industry:Oil & gas
the employees of a company that specializes in preparing and running casing into a well.
Industry:Oil & gas
the weight of the drill stem and associated components that are suspended from the hook.
Industry:Oil & gas
