- 업종: 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 device that raises the pressure of a compressible fluid such as air or gas. Compressors create a pressure differential to move or compress a vapor or a gas.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. in drilling, to control a kick by taking suitable preventive measures (for example, to shut in the well with the blowout preventers, circulate the kick out, and increase the weight of the drilling mud). 2. in production, to stop a well from producing oil and gas so that reconditioning of the well can proceed.
Industry:Oil & gas
a company that provides a specialized service, such as a well-logging service or a directional drilling service.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. the ability to transmit or convey (as heat or electricity). 2. an electrical logging measurement obtained from an induction survey, in which eddy currents produced by an alternating magnetic field induce in a receiver coil a voltage proportionate to the ability of the formation to conduct electricity. See induction log.
Industry:Oil & gas
generally, the first string of casing in a well. It may be lowered into a hole drilled into the formations near the surface and cemented in place; it may be driven into the ground by a special pile driver (in such cases, it is sometimes called drive pipe). Its purpose is to prevent the soft formations near the surface from caving in and to conduct drilling mud from the bottom of the hole to the surface when drilling starts. Also called conductor pipe, drive pipe.
Industry:Oil & gas
to attach elevators to a section of pipe to pull it out of or run into the hole.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. a nonproducing well used for injecting liquid or gas into the reservoir for enhanced recovery. 2. a saltwater disposal well or a water supply well.
Industry:Oil & gas
