oil-well casing
1Oil well (casing head) gas — Associated and dissolved gas produced along with crude oil from oil completions. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
2Oil well control — is the management of the dangerous effects caused by unexpected high pressures upon surface equipment of oil or gas drilling rigs. Technically, oil well control involves preventing Formation fluid, usually referred to as kick, from entering into… …
3Oil well — The pumpjack, such as this one located south of Midland, Texas, is a common sight in West Texas. An oil well is a general term for any boring through the earth s surface that is designed to find and acquire petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Usually… …
4Oil well fire — An oil well on fire in Iraq Oil well fires is the common term for oil or gas wells that have caught on fire and burn. Oil well fires can be the result of human actions, such as accidents or arson, or natural events, such as lightning. They can… …
5well casing — noun 1. : the tubular boring or drilling apparatus used in sinking a well and especially an oil well 2. : the tubular lining of a bored or drilled well …
6Annulus (oil well) — The annulus [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=annulus] (yellow area in diagram) of an oil well refers to any void between any piping, tubing or casing and the piping, tubing or casing immediately surrounding it. The presence… …
7Perforation (oil well) — A perforation in the context of oil wells, refers to a hole punched in the casing or liner of an oil well to connect it to the reservoir. In cased hole completions, the well will be drilled down past the section of the formation desired for… …
8Well logging — Gamma ray logging Spontaneous potential logging Resistivity logging Density logging Sonic logging Caliper logging Mud logging LWD/MWD v · …
9Casing (borehole) — Casing is large diameter pipe that is assembled and inserted into a recently drilled section of a borehole and typically cemented into place.PurposeCasing that is cemented in place aids the drilling process in several ways: * Prevent… …
10Oil industry in Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan produces about 800,000 barrels of oil per day and 1 bcma of gas a production that will grow to historical peak of 1.2 million bo/d by 2008 with an equally large amount of gas. Azerbaijan is one of the birthplaces of the oil industry,… …
