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• Weight indicator

  An instrument near the driller's position on a drilling rig that shows both the weight of the drill stem that is hanging from the hook ...

• Neutral

  Position of the rig's weight indicator where hook load is zero.

• Minimum curvature

  A survey computation method that fits a 3-dimensional circular arc between two survey points. The dogleg severity is constant through any section using this method, ...

• Hydrocarbons

  Organic compounds of hydrogen and carbon, whose densities, boiling points, and freezing points increase as their molecular weights increase. Although composed of only two elements. ...

• Hook load

  The weight of the drill stem that is suspended from the hook.

• Rod hook

  A small swivel hook having a fast-operating automatic latch to close the hook opening when weight is suspended from the hook.

• Free-point indicator

  A device run on wireline into the wellbore and inside the fishing string and fish to locate the area where a fish is stuck. When ...