Oilfield

Oilfield

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

Industry: Oil & gas

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Production tubing

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A wellbore tubular used to produce reservoir fluids. Production tubing is assembled with other completion components to make up the production string. The production tubing selected for any ...

A wellbore tubular in which slots or holes have been made before the string is assembled and run into the wellbore. Perforated liners typically are used in small-diameter wellbores or in sidetracks ...

Well placement

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Activities associated with drilling a wellbore to intercept one of more specified locations. The term usually is used in reference to directional or horizontal wells that are oriented to maximise ...

Slugging

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Accumulation of a water, oil or condensate in a gas pipeline. These fluids need to be removed using a pig.

Carried working interest

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A working interest generally paid in consideration for work related to the prospect. This interest is paid, or carried, for the drilling and or completion costs as specified in the contract between ...

Conveyance

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A written contract between a grantor and grantee, used to transfer title or rights to real estate or property. Typical conveyances include oil, gas and mineral leases; assignments; deeds and rights ...

Perforating depth-control log

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A wireline log run to provide a means of depth correlation by comparing the position of casing collars to the reference log (gamma ray log). A short casing joint generally is run near the area to be ...