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51Turbodrill — A turbodrill is a tool used mostly by petrochemical companies to dig wells for crude oil and natural gas reserves. History of turbodrilling*In 1924 the first US Patent was issued to a company called Scharpenberg for the first multi staged… …
52Deviation survey — A Deviation survey[1], more generally known in the oil industry as simply a survey , is the measurement of a borehole s departure from the vertical, measured in degrees (°). When a well plan dictates the drilling of a straight borehole, surveys… …
53machine tool — machine tooled, adj. a power operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances. [1860 65] * * * Stationary, power driven machine used to cut, shape, or form materials such as metal and wood. Machine… …
54petroleum engineering — Introduction the branch of engineering that involves the development and exploitation of crude oil and natural gas fields as well as the technical analysis and forecasting of their future performance. Its origins lie in both mining… …
55Formation evaluation — In petroleum exploration and development, formation evaluation is used to determine the ability of a borehole to produce petroleum. Essentially, it is the process of recognizing a commercial well when you drill one .Modern rotary drilling usually …
56Coiled tubing — In the oil and gas industries, coiled tubing refers to metal piping, normally 1 to 3.25 in diameter, used for interventions in oil and gas wells and sometimes as production tubing in depleted gas wells, which comes spooled on a large reel. Coiled …
57Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics, NTNU — Institutt for Petroleumsteknologi og anvendt Geofysikk Established 1973 Type Public university …
58launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …
59Lathe — A lathe (pronEng|ˈleɪð) is a machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has… …
60Lathe (metal) — Center lathe with DRO and chuck guard. Size is 460 mm swing x 1000 mm between centers A metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials. They were originally designed to… …
