oil-well tubing
41Flush-By — A flush by is a oil well servicing unit that is basically a pressure truck with a derrick. Being a common piece of equipment used in the oil patch in western Canada, a Class 3 licence is needed to legally operate one. They have the ability to… …
42Pipe (fluid conveyance) — For structural pipe, see Hollow structural section. For other uses, see Pipe (disambiguation). Steel pipes …
43Snubbing — is a type of heavy well intervention performed on oil and gas wells. It involves running the BHA on a pipe string using a hydraulic workover rig. Unlike wireline or coiled tubing, the pipe is not spooled off a drum but made up and broken up while …
44Blowout preventer — A blowout preventer (BOP) is a large valve that encases an oil well at surface. During drilling or well interventions, the valve may be closed if overpressure from an oil reservoir causes formation fluids such as oil and natural gas to back up… …
45petroleum 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… …
46Pipe (material) — A pipe is a tube or hollow cylinder used to convey materials or as a structural component. The terms pipe and tube are almost interchangeable. A pipe is generally specified by the internal diameter (ID) whereas a tube is usually defined by the… …
47Drill Stem Test — A drill stem test (DST) is a procedure for isolating and testing the surrounding geological formation through the drill stem. The test is a measurement of pressure behavior at the drill stem and is a valuable way to obtain important sampling… …
48Qserv — is an oilfield service company that specialises in oil well services operations, including wireline, coiled tubing and pumping services. They also perform other engineering services, most notably pipeline services. Their name is a contraction of… …
49Expandable tubular technology — is a system for increasing the diameter of the casing or liner of an oil well by up to 20% after it has been run down hole.ChallengesTwo challenges facing the Oil Gas industry are accessing new reservoirs that currently cannot be reached… …
50Challenger LTD — Type Private Industry Energy Environment Founded 1991 Headquarters Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt Key people Hassan Tatanaki (Chairman) Mohamed Darwish (Operations) Hatem Fakhr (Finance) …
