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• Outer continental shelf

  An offshore area in the united states that begins where state ownership of mineral rights ends and ends where international treaties dictate.

• Minerals management service (mms)

  An agency of the u.s. Department of the interior that establishes requirements through the code of federal regulations (cfr) for drilling while operating on the ...

• Offshore drilling

  Drilling for oil or gas in an ocean, gulf, or sea, usually on the outer continental shelf. A drilling unit for offshore operations may be ...

• Flocs

  Abbreviation: flocculates.

• Wickers

  Broken or frayed strands of the steel wire that makes up the outer wrapping of wire rope.

• Satellite well

  Usually a single well drilled offshore by a mobile offshore drilling unit to produce hydrocarbons from the outer fringes of a reservoir that cannot be ...

• Bbl

  Abbreviation: barrel