Gas well:

Legal definitions vary among the states.

Terms Related to Gas well

• Flowing well

  A well which produces oil or gas without any means of artificial lift.

• Blowout preventer

  1. One of several valves installed at the wellhead to prevent the escape of pressure either in the annular space between the casing and drill ...

• Buffer

  Any substance or combination of substances that, when dissolved in water, produces a solution that resists a change in its hydrogen ion concentration on the ...

• Sodium polyacrylate

  A synthetic high-molecular-weight polymer of acrylonitrile used primarily as a fluid loss control agent

• Chemicals

  In drilling-fluid terminology, a chemical is any material that produces changes in the viscosity, yield point, gel strength, fluid loss, and surface tension.

• Heaving

  The partial or complete collapse of the walls of a hole resulting from internal pressures due primarily to swelling from hydration or formation gas pressures. ...

• Stripper

  1. A well nearing depletion that produces a very small amount of oil or gas, usually ten barrels per day or less. 2. A stripper ...