Oilfield

Oilfield

Oilfield refers to a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below the ground.

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Oilfield

A safety device used when running and retrieving tools or drill collars with a flush external surface that may easily pass through the rotary table slips. The dog collar is temporarily attached to ...

Paraffin control

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A set of techniques used to prevent or considerably reduce paraffin deposition. Paraffin control might involve the following options: * use of paraffin inhibitors. * maintaining pipe surfaces in a ...

Hydraulic-set

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A setting or operating method that uses hydraulic force applied through the tubing or running string to activate a downhole tool. In many cases a drop ball, which lands in a profiled seat, will be ...

Gun barrel

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A settling tank used for treating oil. Oil and brine are separated only by gravity segregation forces. The clean oil floats to the top and brine is removed from the bottom of the tank. Gun barrels ...

Fishbone wells

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A series of multilateral well segments that trunk off a main horizontal well. The appearance closely resembles the ribs of a fish skeleton trunking off the main backbone.

Tie-back liner

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A section of liner that is run from a liner hanger back to the wellhead after the initial liner and hanger system have been installed and cemented. A tie-back liner may be required to provide the ...