Elastomer:

Terms Related to Elastomer

• Pack-off

  (n) a device with an elastomer packing element that depends on pressure below the packing to effect a seal in the annulus. Used primarily to ...

• Drillable

  Pertaining to packers and other tools left in the wellbore to be broken up later by the drill bit. Drillable equipment is made of cast ...

• Vee ring

  An elastomer (seal) energized by pressure

• Gasket

  Any material (i.e., paper, cork, asbestos, or rubber) used to seal two essentially stationary surfaces.

• Blowdown

  1. The emptying or depressurizing of material in a vessel. 2. The material thus discarded.

• Fibrous material

  Any tough, stringy material of threadlike structure used to prevent loss of circulation or to restore circulation in porous or fractured formations.

• Synthetic oil based mud

  A mud with the oil component replaced by a lower toxicity oil such as mineral oil.