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The Petroleum Extension Service (PETEX) is a unit of the Division of Continuing Education at The University of Texas at Austin and has been training companies and individuals since 1944.
A portable mast constructed of tubular members. A pole mast may be a single pole, usually of two different sizes of pipe telescoped together to be moved or extended and locked to obtain maximum height above a well. Double-pole masts give added strength and stability. See mast.
Industry:Oil & gas
Hopper type tanks for storage of drilling fluid components.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. of or relating to water or other liquid in motion. 2. operated, moved, or effected by water or liquid.
Industry:Oil & gas
The topmost portion of a string of sucker rods. It is used for lifting fluid by the rod-pumping method. It has a uniform diameter and is smoothly polished to seal pressure effectively in the stuffing box attached to the top of the well.
Industry:Oil & gas
On a drilling rig, a large metal bin that usually holds a large amount of a certain mud additive, such as bentonite, that is used in large quantities in the makeup of the drilling fluid.
Industry:Oil & gas
A liquid of low viscosity (such as light oil) that is used in systems actuated by liquid (such as the brake system in a car).
Industry:Oil & gas
A disc (a compact) of very small synthetic diamonds, metal powder, and tungsten carbide powder that are used as cutters on PDC bits.
Industry:Oil & gas
An employee of a drilling contractor who is in charge of the entire drilling crew and the drilling rig. Also called a rig superintendent, drilling foreman, or rig supervisor.
Industry:Oil & gas
A tubular device that, when lowered to a selected depth within a well, is engaged forcing the projectiles (bullets) through the casing and cement to provide holes through which the formation fluids may enter the wellbore.
Industry:Oil & gas
