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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 source of natural reservoir energy in which the dissolved gas coming out of the oil expands to force the oil into the wellbore. Also called solution-gas drive. See reservoir drive mechanism.
Industry:Oil & gas
a large, high-pressure reciprocating pump used to circulate the mud on a drilling rig. A typical mud pump is a two or three-cylinder piston pump whose replaceable pistons travel in replaceable liners and are driven by a crankshaft actuated by an engine or a motor.
Industry:Oil & gas
a sand formation in which individual grains do not adhere to one another. If an unconsolidated sandstone produces oil or gas, it will produce sand as well if not controlled or corrected.
Industry:Oil & gas
a small enclosure on the rig floor used as an office and/or as a storehouse for small objects. Also, any small building used as an office or for storage.
Industry:Oil & gas
a trough or pipe that is placed between the surface connections at the wellbore and the shale shaker.
Industry:Oil & gas
a bit whose outside diameter is worn to the point at which it is smaller than it was when new. A hole drilled with an undergauge bit is said to be undergauge.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. an abrupt change in direction in the wellbore, frequently resulting in the formation of a keyseat. 2. a sharp bend permanently put in an object such as a pipe, wire rope, or a wire rope sling.
Industry:Oil & gas
one of a series of open tanks, usually made of steel plate, through which the drilling mud is cycled to remove sand and fine sediments.
Industry:Oil & gas
a length of drill pipe, casing, or tubing consisting of two joints screwed together.
Industry:Oil & gas
