Oil & Gas Glossary 1.0
OIL & GAS TECHNICAL TERMS GLOSSARY
If you are looking for a definition of any technical terms in oil & gas field, then this site is yours.
Until now, we've collected around 2000 technical terms, but if this still not enough, and you've found any term that is not in our database, please contact us, and we will happily find it for you, or you can just check it again later, because every unsuccessful search will be recorded by our system for later update.
Thanks and happy searching ^^.
Search Result for Tour Pronounced Tower
sloughing (pronounced "sluffing")
See caving
drilling crew
A driller, a derrickman, and two or more helpers who operate a drilling or workover rig for one tour each day.
dead man
A piece of wood or concrete, usually buried, to which a wire guy line is attached for bracing a mast or tower.
Schlumberger (pronounced "slumberjay")
One of the pioneer companies in electric well logging, named for the French scientist who first developed the method. Today, many companies provide logging services of all kinds.
absorber
A vertical, cylindrical vessel that recovers heavier hydrocarbons from a mixture of predominantly lighter hydrocarbons. Also called absorption tower. See absorb.
absorption tower
Also called absorber. See absorber.
guyed-tower platform rig
A compliant offshore drilling platform used to drill development wells. The foundation of the platform is a relatively lightweight jacket upon which all equipment is placed. A system of guy wires anchored by clump weights helps secure the jacket to the seafloor and allows it to move with wind and wave forces. See platform rig.
platform rig
An immobile offshore structure from which development wells are drilled and produced. Platform rigs may be built of steel or concrete and may be either rigid or compliant. Rigid platform rigs, which rest on the seafloor, are the caisson-type platform, the concrete gravity platform, and the steel-jacket platform. Compliant platform rigs, which are used in deeper waters and yield to water and wind movements are the guyed-tower platform and the tension-leg platform.