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a

API Recommended Practice 10B Recommended Practice for Testing Well Cements

API Specification 10A – Specification for Cements and Materials for Well Cementing

Sw

1-D seismic data

1D seismic data

2-way traveltime

2D seismic data

2D survey

3C seismic data

3D seismic data

3D survey

4C seismic data

4D seismic data

6FF40


A
abandonment costs

abnormal events

abnormal pressure

abrasion test

abrasive jetting

absolute age

absolute filter

absolute open flow potential

absolute permeability

absolute pressure

absolute volume

absorbing boundary conditions

absorptance

absorption

absorption band

absorption oil

abyss

abyssal

accelerator

accelerator source

accelerometer

accommodation

accretion

accumulation

accumulator

accuracy

acetic acid

acid

acid effect

acid frac

acid gas

acid inhibitor

acid job

acid number

acid stimulation

acid tank

acid wash

acidity

acidize

acidizing

acoustic

acoustic basement

acoustic coupler

acoustic emission

acoustic impedance

acoustic impedance section

acoustic log

acoustic mode

acoustic positioning

acoustic transducer

acoustic transparency

acoustic traveltime

acoustic velocity

acoustic velocity log

acoustic wave

acquisition

acquisition log

acrylamide acrylate polymer

acrylamide polymer

acrylamide-acrylate polymer

acrylamido methyl propane sulfonate polymer

acrylamido-methyl-propane sulfonate polymer

acrylate polymer

activation log

active margin

active sulfide

activity of aqueous solutions

acyclic compound

additivity

adhesion tension

adjacent bed

adjustable choke

adjusted flow time

adsorbed gas

adsorption

advective transport modeling

aeolian

aeolotropy

aerated layer

aerobic

aeromagnetic survey

AFE

afterflow

AGC

AGC time constant

agglomeration

aggradation

aggradational

aggregate

aggregation

air cut mud

air drill

air drilling

air gun

air shooting

air wave

air-cut mud

Alford rotation

alias filter

aliasing

alidade

aliphatic compound

alkaline

alkaline flooding

alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding

alkalinity

alkalinity test

allochthon

allochthonous

allogenic

alluvial

alluvium

alpha processing

altered zone

alum

aluminum activation log

aluminum stearate

ambient temperature

amides

amines

Amott imbibition test

amplitude

amplitude anomaly

amplitude distortion

amplitude variation with offset

AMPS

anaerobic

analog

angle of approach

angle of incidence

angular dispersion

angular unconformity

anhydrite

aniline point test

anion

anionic

anisotropic

anisotropic formation

anisotropy

annubar

annular blowout preventer

annular BOP

annular flow

annular gas flow

annular pressure

annular production

annular space

annular velocity

annuli

annulus

anode

anomalous

anomaly

anoxic

antialias filter

anticlinal

anticlinal trap

anticline

antifoam

antifoam agent

antisqueeze

antithetic fault

antiwhirl bit

AOF

AOFP

aperture

API

API cement

API fluid loss test

API fluid-loss test

API gravity

API unit

API water

apparent anisotropy

apparent dip

apparent matrix

apparent velocity

apparent viscosity

apparent wavelength

applied-potential method

appraisal

aquifer

Archie equation

Archie rock

area open to flow

areal displacement efficiency

areal sweep efficiency

arenaceous

argillaceous

arithmetic mean

armor

aromatic content test

aromatic hydrocarbon

array

array induction

array laterolog

array propagation resistivity

array sonic

arrival

arrival time

artificial intelligence

artificial lift

as delivered BTU

as-delivered BTU

ASP flooding

asphalt

asphaltene onset concentration

asphaltene onset pressure

asphaltene precipitation

asphaltenes

asphaltic crude

asphaltic mud additive

assignment

asthenosphere

ASTM

atmospheric corrosion

attapulgite

attenuate

attenuation

attenuation resistivity

attitude

attribute

audio measurement

aulacogen

authigenic

authochthon

authority for expenditure

autochthonous

autocorrelation

automatic gain control

autotrack

autotracking

AV

average reservoir pressure

average velocity

AVO

axial loading

axial surface

azimuth

azimuthal

azimuthal density

azimuthal laterolog

azimuthal resolution


B
back flow

back in

back off

back pressure

back pressure valve

back propagation

back stripping

back up

back up ring

back wash

back-in

back-pressure

back-pressure valve

back-propagation

back-stripping

back-up ring

backflow

background gas

backoff

backpressure

backscatter

backside

backup curve

backward multiple-contact test

backwash

bactericide

bad hole

balance point

balanced activity oil mud

balanced array

balanced plug

balanced-activity oil mud

ball catcher

ball diverter

ball dropper

ball operated

ball out

ball sealer

ball-operated

ballout

band

band limited function

band pass

band reject

band-limited function

band-pass

band-reject

bank firing

barefoot

barefoot completion

barite

barite plug

barrel equivalent

barrel pump

barrels of liquid per day

barrels of oil per day

barrels of water per day

baryte

base exchange

base log

base map

base of weathering

base slurry

base station

baseline

basement

basic wavelet

basin

basket

basket flowmeter

basket sub

batch mixer

batch treatment

bathyal

battery

battery site

Bayesian inference

Bayesian method

Bayesian probability

BBL or bbl

Bc

Bcf

Bcf/D

bead tracer

beam

beam pump

bean

bean choke

Bearden units of consistency

Beaufort scale

bed

bed thickness

bed wrap

bedrock

bel

bell nipple

belt effect

benchmark

beneficiate

beneficiation

Benioff zone

benthic

benthos

bentonite

bentonite equivalent

BGG

BHA

BHCT

BHP

BHST

BHT

bias

bias weld

bicarb

bicarbonate

bicenter bit

bichromate salt

bid and study agreement

big hole charge

big-hole charge

bilinear flow

billion cubic feet

billion cubic feet per day

bimetallic corrosion

bimetallism

bin

Bingham plastic model

bioaccumulation

bioassay

biochemical oxygen demand

biocide

bioconcentration

biodegradation

biopolymer

biostratigraphic

biostratigraphy

Biot theory

biphasic

bird

birefringence

bit

bit box

bit breaker

bit nozzle

bit record

bit resistivity

bit trip

bitumen

bivariate analysis

black list

Blaine fineness

bland coring fluid

blank pipe

blanket gas

blast joint

blasting cap

bleed off

bleedoff line

blended crude

blender

blind box

blind ram

blind shear ram

blind zone

blind-shear ram

block

blockage

blow down

blow out

blow out preventer

blowdown

blowdy

blowing the drip

blowout

blowout preventer

BLPD

BM

BOD

body wave

Boltzmann probability distribution

bomb

bond log

Bond number

bonus consideration

Boolean simulation

booster

BOP

BOP stack

BOPD

borehole

borehole compensation

borehole correction

borehole gravity

borehole gravity meter

borehole seismic data

borehole televiewer

Born method

bottle test

bottom log interval

bottom sample

bottomhole assembly

bottomhole choke

bottomhole circulating temperature

bottomhole gas separator

bottomhole heater

bottomhole injection pressure (bhip)

bottomhole pressure

bottomhole sampler

bottomhole shut in

bottomhole shut-in

bottomhole static temperature

bottomhole temperature

bottoms up

bottoms up mud sample

bottoms-up

bottoms-up mud sample

Bouguer anomaly

Bouguer correction

Bouma sequence

bound fluid

bound water

bound-fluid log

boundary conditions

bounded reservoir

bow tie

bow-spring centralizer

box

box plots

Boyle's Law

Boyle's Law Double Cell

Boyle's Law Single Cell

brachistochrone

braided line

brake

break

break circulation

break out

breakdown pressure

breaker

breakout

breakout cathead

breakout tongs

breakthrough

bridge

bridge off

bridge plug

bridge-off

bridging agent

bridging material

bridle

Briggs color cube

bright spot

brine

bring in the well

British thermal unit

broach

broadside array

bromide brine

bromocresol green

Brookfield viscometer

brownfield

Brownian motion

brute stack

BS&W

BTU

bubble count

bubble effect

bubble flow

bubble point

bubblepoint

bucking coil

bucking current

buffer

buffer solution

buffered mud

buffered solution

buggy vibro

buildup test

bulk modulus

bulk relaxation

bulk volume

bull plug

bullet perforating

bullhead

bump the plug

bundle

buoyancy

buoyancy method

burn over

burn shoe

burn-over

butt weld

butterfly chart

button resistivity

buttress thread

BWOB

BWOC

BWOW

BWPD

by weight of blend

by weight of cement

by weight of water

bypass

bypass velocity

bypassed mud


C
C pump

cable

cable head

cable-tool drilling

cake

cake consistency

cake thickness

calcite

calcium bromide

calcium carbonate

calcium carbonate plug

calcium chloride

calcium contamination

calcium hydroxide

calcium mud

calcium naphthenate

calcium oxide

calcium sulfate

calcium test

calibration

caliche

caliper log

camera

cap

cap rock

cap the well

capacitance log

capacitance meter

capillary number

capillary pressure curve

capillary suction time test

capillary tube viscometer

capillary-suction-time test

caprock effect

capsule gun

carbide lag test

carbon density

carbon dioxide

carbon dioxide corrosion

carbonate

carbonate gamma ray

carbonate ion

carbonate scale

carbonate test

carboxymethyl hydroxyethylcellulose

carboxymethyl starch

carboxymethyl, hydroxyethylcellulose

carboxymethylcellulose

carried working interest

carrier fluid

carrier gun

carry over

carrying capacity

carryover

cartridge

cased hole

casing

casing bowl

casing burst pressure

casing centralizer

casing collar

casing collar locator (CCL)

casing collar log

casing completion

casing coupling

casing grade

casing gun

casing hanger

casing hardware

casing head

casing inspection log

casing joint

casing patch

casing point

casing potential profile

casing pressure

casing reciprocation

casing roller

casing scraper

casing shoe

casing shoe test

casing spool

casing string

casing swage

casing test

casing thread

casing valve

casing-inspection log

casing-potential profile

casinghead

cat line

cataclasite

cataclastic

catagenesis

cathead

cathode

cathodic protection

cation

cation exchange capacity

cation-exchange capacity

cationic

catline

catwalk

caustic extraction test

caustic potash

caustic soda

cave effect

cavings

cavitation

CDP

CEC

cellar

cellulosic polymer

cement

cement accelerator

cement additive

cement bond log

cement dispersant

cement evaluation log

cement extender

cement head

cement plug

cement retainer

cement retarder

cement squeeze

cementation

cementation exponent

cementer

cementing

cementing engineer

cementing plug

centipoise

centralizer

centrifugal pump

centrifuge

CERCLA

cesium acetate

cesium formate

chain tongs

chalk

channel

channel wave

channeling

character

charged zone

check shot survey

check valve

check-shot survey

chelate

chelating agent

chelation

chelation agent

chemical barrel

chemical cutter

chemical diversion

chemical diverter

chemical flooding

chemical injection

chemical marker injection

chemical neutron source

chemical oxygen demand

chemical potential

chemical wash

chemical-marker injection

Chenevert Method

chert

cherty

chloride test

chlorite

choke

choke line

choke manifold

CHOPS

Christmas tree

chromate salt

chrome free

chrome lignite

chrome lignosulfonate

chrome tubing

chrome-free

chromic salt

chronostratigraphic chart

chronostratigraphy

churn flow

CI

circle shooting

circulate

circulate out

circulation

circulation device

circulation loss

circulation sub

circulation system

circulation time

circulation valve

citric acid

classical reservoir modeling

clastic sediment

clathrate

clay

clay bound water

clay extender

clay stabilizer

clay swelling

clay water interaction

clay-bound water

clay-water interaction

clean

clean out

cleanout

cleanup

clear brine

clear water drilling

clear-water drilling

close in

close-in

closed chamber testing

closed in well

closed mud system

closed-chamber testing

closed-in well

closing unit

closure

closure pressure

cloud point

cloud point glycol

cluster

cluster analysis

CMC

CMC-Hi Vis

CMC-HVT

CMC-Lo Vis

CMC-LVT

CMHEC

CMP

CMS

CO2 injection

coal

coalesce

coalescence

coarse

coating

coating flaw

COD

coding

COFCAW

cogeneration

coherence

coherence filtering

coherence map

coherence vector map

coherent

coherent detection

coherent noise

coil shooting acquisition

coiled tubing

coiled tubing completion

coiled tubing connector

coiled tubing drilling

coiled tubing string

coiled tubing unit

coke

cokriging

cold heavy oil production with sand

cold production

collapse pressure

collar

collar locator

collar lock

collar log

collector

collision

colloid

colloidal

colloidal solids

colloidal suspension

combi BOP

combination string

come out of the hole

commercial rate

commingled completion

commingled flow

common depth point

common midpoint

common midpoint method

common offset

common receiver

common reflection point

common-offset

common-receiver

communitization

compaction

compaction correction

company man

company representative

compartment

compartmentalization

compatibility

compatible scales

compensated density log

compensated neutron log

compensated-density log

competent

complete a well

completion

completion fluid

completion skin

complex trace analysis

complex-trace analysis

composite log

composite stream

compositional fluid analysis

compressibility

compression ratio

compression-set packer

compressional wave

compressor

compressor plant

Compton scattering

computed tomography

concentric

concentric fold

conceptual model

concession

condensate

condensate liquids

condensate ratio

condensed section

condensing drive

conditional simulation

conductance

conductive invasion

conductive rock matrix model

conductivity

conductometric titration

conductor pipe

conformable

conformance

conformity

conical projection

coning

connate water

connection

connection gas

consistency

consistometer

consolidated

consolidation

constant composition expansion

constant rate

contact

contact angle

contact time

contaminant

contamination gas

continental shelf

contingency plan

continuity equation

continuous gas lift

continuous phase

continuous reservoir

contour

contour interval

contour map

contract depth

control line

controlled time survey

convection

conventional mud

conventional reservoir

convergence

convergent

converted wave

conveyance

convolution

convolve

copolymer

copper carbonate

core

core analysis

core gamma log

core image

core plug

core testing

coreflooding

coring fluid

corkscrew hole

corrected gamma ray

correcting pressure to a datum

correlate

correlation

correlation log

correlogram

corrosion

corrosion control

corrosion coupon

corrosion fatigue

corrosion inhibitor

corrosion rate

corrosion-resistant alloy (CRA)

cosolvent

cost oil

cosurfactant

counterbalance weight

counterbalance winch

coupling

coupon

CPMG

cracking

craton

creaming

crest

cresting

critical angle

critical damping

critical flow rate

critical gas flow rate

critical matrix

critical moment

critical rate

critical reflection

crooked hole

crop out

cross dipole

cross over

cross section

cross-sectional

crosscorrelate

crosscorrelation

crosscorrelation flowmeter

crossflow

crossline

crosslinker

crossover

crossover service tool

crossplot

crossplot porosity

crosswell electromagnetic tomography

crosswell reflection tomography

crosswell seismic tomography

crosswell tomography

crown block

crown valve

crude oil

crushed zone

crust

crystallization temperature

CSS

CT

cubic packing

cultural anomaly

cultural noise

cumulative production

curing

curve

curve fitting

curve matching

cushion

cut

cut and thread fishing technique

cut oil

cut point

cut-and-thread fishing technique

Cutt point

cuttings

cuttings lifting

CWA

cycle condensate

cycle gas

cycle skip

cycle time

cyclic steam injection

cycling plant

cyclothem

cylinder


D
damage

damaged zone

damping

darcy

Darcy units

dart

data rate

datum

datum correction

datum level

day rate

daylight tour

dB

DD

DEA unit

dead oil

Dean-Stark extraction

decibel

decollement

deconvolution

deep induction

deep penetrating charge

deep seismic sounding

deep tow

deep-penetrating charge

deep-water play

deepwater play

deflector flowmeter

deflocculant

deflocculate

deflocculated mud

deflocculation

defoamer

defoaming plates

degasser

degree API

dehydrate

dehydration

dehydrator

delay rental

deliverability test

delta

delta rho

delta t

delta t stretch

delta-t stretch

deltaic

demulsifier

densimeter

densitometer

density

density contrast

density current

density measurement

density profile

departure curve

dephasing

depleted zone

depletion

deployment system

depocenter

deposit

depositional energy

depositional environment

depositional system

depth control

depth controller

depth conversion

depth correlation

depth datum

depth derived

depth map

depth mark

depth matched

depth matching

depth migration

depth of invasion

depth of investigation

depth point

depth reference

depth reference point

depth section

depth wheel

depth-derived

derivative logs

derrick

derrick floor

derrickman

desander

desiccant

desilter

desulfurize

detail log

detectable limit

detector

detergency

determinism

deterministic deconvolution

deterministic methods

detonate

detonating cord

detonator

detrital

detritus

development

deviated drilling

deviated hole

deviation

deviation survey

dew point

dewatering

dewpoint

dextral

diagenesis

diagenetic

diagenetic porosity

diameter of invasion

diameter of investigation

diamond bit

diapir

diatom

diatomaceous

diatomite

dichromate salt

dielectric

dielectric constant

dielectric permittivity

dielectric propagation log

dielectric resistivity

diesel oil mud

diesel-oil mud

diesel-oil plug

difference map

differential compaction

differential pressure

differential pressure sticking

differential SP

differential spectrum

differential sticking

differential temperature log

differential weathering correction

differential-temperature log

difficult to disperse

difficult to disperse in salt

diffraction

diffraction stack

diffusion

diffusion equation

diffusion relaxation

dike

dilatancy

dilatancy theory

dilatation

dilatational wave

diluent

dilution

dilution water

dim spot

dip

dip correction

dip fault

dip moveout

dipole

dipping bed

direct emulsifier

direct hydrocarbon typing

direct indicating viscometer

direct-indicating viscometer

directional driller

directional drilling

directional permeability

directional survey

directional variograms

directional well

directivity

dirty

disbonding

disconformity

discontinuity

disharmonic

dispersant

dispersed bubble flow

dispersed clay

dispersion

displacement

displacement efficiency

displacement fluid

displacement front

disposal well

dissolved solids

distillation extraction

distortion

distributed temperature log

distributed-temperature log

distribution

diurnal variation

divergence

diversion

diverter

diverter flowmeter

diverting agent

division order

Dix formula

DMO

dog collar

dog house

dog leg

doghouse

dogleg

dolomite

dolomitization

dolostone

domain

domainal fabric

domainal structure

dome

doodlebugger

dope

dosing pump

double refraction

down dip

down lap

down stream

down stroke

downdip

downhole gauge

downhole receiver

downhole safety valve (DSV)

downhole sensors

downhole source

downlap

downstream

downstream pipeline

downstroke

downward continuation

drag bag

drag bit

drag-bag

drain hole

drainage

drainage area

drainage volume

drainhole

drape

draw down

drawdown

drawdown test

drawworks

Drdger tube

drift

drill bit

drill collar

drill in fluid

drill noise vertical seismic profile

drill pipe

drill ship

drill solids

drill string

drill-in fluid

drill-noise vertical seismic profile

drillable packer

drilled solids

driller

driller's depth

drilling break

drilling contractor

drilling crew

drilling detergent

drilling fluid

drilling foreman

drilling mud

drilling procedure

drilling program

drilling rate

drilling rig

drilling riser

drilling-fluid engineer

drillpipe

drillpipe conveyed

drillship

drillstem

drillstem test

drillstring

drip

drip accumulator

drop ball

drop bar

drop sub

drop-off gun

dropoff gun

dropout

dry bed

dry bed dehydrator

dry combustion

dry forward combustion

dry gas

dry hole

dry oil

dry rock

dry-bed dehydrator

DSS

DST

DST pressure chart

dual completion

dual induction

dual permeability reservoir

dual porosity reservoir

dual water

dual-permeability reservoir

dual-porosity reservoir

dummy valve

dump bailer

duplex pump

duster

dyke

dynamic correction

dynamic filter press

dynamic filtration

dynamic fluid level

dynamic miscibility

dynamic positioning

dynamic range

dynamic-aging test

dynamite

dynamometer

dynamometer card


E
Eötvös number

early time transient data

early-time transient data

earthquake

easy to disperse

easy to disperse in salt

eccentralizer

eccentric

eccentricity

ECD

echo spacing

EDA

eddy current

eddy current measurement

eddy-current measurement

EDTA

eel

effective laminar flow

effective medium theory

effective permeability

effective porosity

effective shot density

effective velocity

effective water saturation

effective wellbore radius

eigenvector

elastic

elastic constants

elastic deformation

elastic impedance

elastic limit

elastic moduli

elastic neutron scattering

elastic wave

elasticity

electric gas lift valves

electric gas-lift valves

electric probe

electric submersible pump

electrical anisotropy

electrical conductivity

electrical coupon

electrical double layer

electrical impedance probe

electrical log

electrical permittivity

electrical resistance probe

electrical resistivity

electrical stability test

electrical survey

electrode device

electrode resistivity

electrodynamic brake

electrohygrometer

electrokinetic potential

electromagnetic caliper

electromagnetic heating

electromagnetic method

electromagnetic propagation

electromagnetic propagation measurement

electromagnetic thickness

elemental capture spectroscopy

elevation correction

elevator

embedded wavelet

embrittlement

empirical

emulsifier

emulsion

emulsion flow

emulsion mud

en echelon

encapsulation

end point

endfire array

endless tubing

endpoint

enhanced diffusion

enhanced oil recovery

entrained gas

entrance hole

environmental corrections

eolian

EOR

EPA

Epanechnikov kernel

epithermal neutron porosity measurement

epm

equalizing loop

equalizing valve

equation of state

equipotential method

equivalent circulating density

equivalent conductance

equivalent sack

equivalent water resistivity

equivalent weight

erode

erosion

erosion corrosion

erosion-corrosion

error

ES test

escape line

ESP

estimated ultimate recovery

estuarine

estuary

Euclidian dimension

Euclidian distance

eustasy

eustatic

eustatic sea level

evaporation pit

evaporite

evaporitic

evening tour

event

excavation effect

excess cement

exit velocity

expanding cement

expansion joint

expectation

expendable gun

expendable plug

expert system

exploration

exploration play

exploratory

explosive seismic data

extended spread

extensive dilatancy anisotropy

external cutter

external phase

external pulling tool

external upset


F
f-k domain

f-k plot

facies

facies modeling

fairway

fall off test

falloff test

fan shooting

Fann viscometer

far water

farmee

farmor

farmout

fast diffusion

fast formation

fast formation arrival

fast Fourier transform

fast neutron reaction

fast-formation arrival

fast-neutron reaction

fatty acid

fatty acid soap

fatty-acid soap

fault

fault trap

Faye correction

FD

fee simple interest

fee-simple interest

feldspar

felsic

fence diagram

Fermat's principle

ferro-chrome lignosulfonate

ferrous sulfide

FFT

fiber LCM

fiber lost circulation material

fiber lost-circulation material

field

field tape

field weld

fill cement

fill sub

film forming amines

film-forming amines

filter

filter cake

filter cake quality

filter cake thickness

filter cell

filter loss

filter media

filter medium

filter press

filter-cake quality

filter-cake thickness

filtered brine

filters

filtrate

filtrate slump

filtrate tracer

filtrate volume

filtration

filtration test cell

filtration tester

final flow period

final flow rate

final flowing pressure

final shut in period

final shut-in period

fine

fines

fines migration

fingerboard

fingering

finite conductivity fracture

finite wellbore solution

finite-conductivity fracture

finite-wellbore solution

fire flooding

fireflooding

firing head

first arrival

first break

first reading

first-contact miscibility

fish

fish eye

fishbone wells

fishing

fishing bell

fishing diagram

fishing neck

fishing tool

fitted model

fitted variogram

five spot

five-spot

fixed choke

fixed source method

fixed-cutter bit

fixed-source method

flag

flag joint

flake LCM

flake lost circulation material

flake lost-circulation material

flange

flange up

flapper valve

flare

flare gas

flash point

flat gels

flattened section

flexural mode

float collar

float joint

float shoe

floc

flocculant

flocculate

flocculation

flood front

flooding pattern

flooding surface

flow after flow

flow after flow tests

flow back

flow check

flow concentrating

flow coupling

flow efficiency

flow line

flow loop

flow meter

flow model

flow period

flow profile

flow regime

flow simulation

flow stream

flow structure

flow unit

flow-after-flow tests

flow-concentrating

flowback

flower structure

flowing neutron log

flowing pressure

flowing well

flowline

flowline manifold

flowline mud sample

flowline sample

flowmeter

flowstream

flowstream sample

flue gas

fluid compatibility test

fluid compressibility

fluid contact

fluid density log

fluid flow

fluid interface log

fluid invasion

fluid level

fluid loss

fluid loss control

fluid loss control material

fluid pound

fluid tester

fluid-density log

fluid-friction reducer

fluid-interface log

fluid-loss additive

fluid-loss control

fluid-loss-control material

fluoboric acid

fluoroscopy

flush joint

flush production

flushed zone

flushed zone water saturation

flushed-zone water saturation

fluvial

flux leakage

fly ash

foam breaker

foam diversion

foam flooding

foam generator

foamed cement

foaming agent

foamy oil

fold

footprint

foreign content

formaldehyde

formate

formation

formation damage

formation evaluation

formation evaluation while drilling

formation exposure time

formation factor

formation fluid

formation fracture pressure

formation pressure

formation water

formic acid

forward modeling

forward multiple-contact test

forward problem

fossil

four component seismic data

four dimensional seismic data

four-component seismic data

four-dimensional seismic data

Fourier analysis

Fourier synthesis

Fourier transform

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

frac ball

frac crew

frac fluid

frac gel

frac gradient

frac gun

frac job

frac pump

frac valve

fractal

fractal analysis

fractal networks

fracture

fracture acidizing

fracture conductivity

fracture gradient

fracture half-length

fracture networks

fracture permeability

fracture porosity

fractured well analysis

fractured-well analysis

fracturing fluid

fracturing pressure

free air correction

free fluid

free gas

free induction decay

free point

free point indicator

free water

free water knockout

free-air correction

free-induction decay

free-point indicator

free-water knockout

frequency

frequency domain

fresh core

fresh water

Fresnel zone

friction effect

friction reducer

froth flow

FT

FTIR

full waveform

Full-azimuth towed-streamer acquisition

fullbore

fullbore spinner

funnel viscosity

FWKO


G
gain

Gal

galena

galvanic anodes

gamma ray densitometer

gamma ray interactions

gamma ray log

gamma-gamma log

Garrett Gas Train

gas anchor

gas bearing

gas buster

gas cap

gas cap drive

gas chimney

gas condensate

gas coning

gas cut mud

gas deviation factor

gas drive

gas formation volume factor

gas gravity

gas holdup log

gas hydrate

gas in solution

gas injection

gas interference

gas lift

gas lift mandrel

gas lift valve

gas liquid ratio

gas lock

gas migration

gas oil contact

gas oil ratio

gas processing plant

gas prone

gas sand

gas separator

gas show

gas solubility factor

gas water contact

gas well

gas well deliverability

gas-bearing

gas-cap drive

gas-cut mud

gas-holdup log

gas-lift mandrel

gas-lift valve

gas-oil contact

gas-oil contact (GOC)

gas-prone

gas-solubility factor

gas-water contact

gas-well deliverability

gas/liquid ratio

gas/oil ratio

gasdrive

gaswell gas

gaswell liquids

gate valve

gather

gathering lines

gathering system

gauge hole

gauge pressure

gauge ring

gauge tank

Gaussian collocated cosimulation

Gaussian techniques

gel

gel strength

gelation

gelled mud

gelled up mud

gelled-up mud

gels

generation

geochemical log

geochemistry

geochronology

geologic

geologic map

geologic time scale

geological

geologist

geology

geomagnetic polarity reversal

geomagnetic polarity time scale

geomechanics

geometric

geometrical factor

geophone

geophone array

geophone cable

geophone interval

geophone offset

geophone pattern

geophysicist

geophysics

geopressure

geopressure gradient

geopressured

geostatic pressure

geostatistical methods

geostatistical modeling

geostatistics

geosteer

geosteering

geothermal gradient

Geronimo line

GGT

ghost

Gibbs energy

Gibbs' phenomenon

gilsonite

gin pole

glacial

glacier

glass jar test

glauconite

Global Positioning System

GLR

glycol

glycol absorber

glycol dehydrator

glyph

goose neck

gooseneck

GOR

government take

GPS

GPTS

GR

graben

gradiomanometer

grain density

granite

granular LCM

granular lost circulation material

granular lost-circulation material

grapple

gravel pack

gravel pack gun

gravel pack log

gravel pack screen

gravel-pack gun

gravel-pack log

gravel-pack screen

graveyard tour

gravimeter

gravimetry

gravity

gravity anomaly

gravity drainage

gravity override

gravity segregation

gravity survey

gravity units

gravity-stable displacement

gray list

grease injection system

grease seal

grease tube

grease-injection system

greasing out

greedy algorithm

green gas

green list

grey list

grid

gridding

gridding algorithm

grind

gripper blocks

gross production

ground roll

groundwater

group

group interval

growth fault

guar gum

guard electrode

guard log

guide shoe

guided wave

gumbo

gun

gun barrel

gun clearance

gun the pits

gun zero

gunk

gunk plug

gunk squeeze

gunning the pits

gyp mud

gypsum


H
H2S

haematite

halite

halo effect

hard rock

hard water

hardbanding

hardground

hardness ion

harmonic

harmonic distortion

hatch

HBP

HCl

HE starch

head

head wave

header

header box

heading

heater

heater treater

heavy metal

heavy oil

heavy pipe

heavyweight drillpipe

HEC

hectorite

held by production

hematite

Herschel Bulkley fluid

Herschel-Bulkley fluid

hertz

hesitation squeeze

heterogeneity

heterogeneous formation

HF

HGS

HHP

hiatal

hiatus

hierarchical cluster analysis

high explosive

high pressure squeeze

high shot density gun

high temperature completions

high-gravity solids

high-pressure air injection

high-pressure squeeze

high-pressure, high-temperature

high-pressure, high-temperature filtration test

high-pressure, high-temperature viscometer

high-shot density gun

high-specific-gravity solids

highstand systems tract

history matching

HLB number

hodogram

holdup

holdup depth

holdup image

holdup log

holdup map

holdup meter

hole cleaning

hollow carrier gun

homogeneity

homogeneous

homogeneous formation

hook

hook load

hookwall packer

hopper

horizon

horizon slice

horizontal drilling

horizontal resistivity

horizontal separator

horizontal severance

horizontal tree

Horner slope

horst

hostile environment

hot lime

hot oiler

hot oiling

hot tapping

hot waterflooding

Hough transform

housing

HP starch

HPHT

HPHT filtration test

HPHT viscometer

HSE

HUD

huff and puff

Humble formula

humic acid

humidity

humidity meter

humping

HWDP

hybrid mode

hybrid scale

hydrate

hydration

hydraulic bypass

hydraulic cement

hydraulic centralizer

hydraulic disconnect

hydraulic fracture monitoring

hydraulic fracturing

hydraulic head

hydraulic horsepower

hydraulic packer

hydraulic power pack

hydraulic pumping

hydraulic release tool

hydraulic set

hydraulic-set

hydrocarbon

hydrocarbon indicator

hydrocarbon kitchen

hydrochloric acid

hydrocyclone

hydrocycloning

hydrofluoric acid

hydrofluoric hydrochloric acid

hydrofluoric-hydrochloric acid

hydrogen blistering

hydrogen embrittlement

hydrogen index

hydrogen induced failures

hydrogen ion concentration

hydrogen probe

hydrogen sulfide

hydrolysis

hydrometer

hydrophile-lipophile balance number

hydrophilic

hydrophobic

hydrophone

hydrostatic bailer

hydrostatic head

hydrostatic pressure

hydrothermal

hydrothermal alteration

hydroxyethyl starch

hydroxyethylcellulose

hydroxypropyl starch

hygrometer

hygroscopic


I
ID

ideal gas

IEOM

igneous

IIP

illite

ilmenite

IM

image

image well

imbibition

immature

immiscible

impedance

impeller

impermeable

impermeable barrier

impressed current anodes

improved oil recovery

impulse activation

impulsive seismic data

in line

in situ

in situ combustion

in situ fluid analysis

in situ viscosity evaluation

in-line

in-situ

in-situ combustion

in-situ fluid analysis

in-situ viscosity evaluation

incident angle

inclination

inclinometer

incompetent

indicator

indicator methods

indicator models

induced gamma ray spectroscopy

induced particle plugging

induced polarization

induction

induction electrical survey

inelastic neutron scattering

inert sulfide

inertial resistance

infill drilling

infinite acting radial flow

infinite acting reservoir

infinite conductivity fracture

infinite-acting reservoir

infinite-conductivity fracture

inflatable packer

inflow performance relationship

information theory

inhibit

inhibited acid

inhibition

inhibitive mud

inhibitor

initial flow period

initial reservoir pressure

initial shut in period

initial shut-in period

injection gas

injection line

injection mandrel

injection pattern

injection pressure

injection pulsed neutron log

injection pump

injection test

injection water

injection well

injection well testing

injection-well testing

injection/pulsed neutron log

injectivity test

injector head

insert

inside blowout preventer

inside diameter

instrument hanger

instrumented pig

intelligent well

intensifier

interfacial tension

interference testing

intermediate

intermediate casing

intermediate casing string

intermittent gas lift

internal flash

internal phase

internal pulling tool

interpolation

interpretation

interstitial gas

interstitial water

interval method

interval time

interval transit time

interval velocity

interwell tomography

invaded zone

invasion

inverse

inverse filter

inverse problem

inversion

invert emulsion

invert emulsion oil mud

invert-emulsion oil mud

inverted five spot

inverted five-spot

IO

ion exchange

IP

IPA

IPR

iron carbonate

iron oxide

iron stabilizer

iron sulfide

iron-oxidizing bacteria

irreducible water

ISO

isochore

isochron

isochron map

isochronal test

isolated porosity

isomerized olefin

isopach

isopropanol

isopropyl alcohol

isostasy

isostatic

isostatic correction

isotropic

isotropic formation

isotropic permeability

isotropy

iterative forward modeling

iterative methods


J
J factor

J slot

J-slot

jack up

jacking frame

jackup rig

jar

jar test

jet

jet cutter

jet hopper

jet mixer

jet nozzle

jet perforating

jet pump

jet velocity

joint

Joule Thomson

Joule-Thomson

jug

jug hustler

junk

junk basket

junk pusher

junk sub


K
K coefficient

k-means cluster analysis

kaolinite

karst

KB

kelly

kelly bushing

kelly down

kelly hose

kelly spinner

kerogen

keyseat

kh

kick

kill

kill line

kill pump

kill weight fluid

kill-weight fluid

kill-weight mud

kilogram per cubic meter

kilopascal

kinetic effect

Kirchhoff equation

Kirchhoff migration

knock out

knockout

Koch curve

kriging

kriging weights

kurtosis


L
lacustrine

lag

lag gas

lag time

Lame constant

laminar flow

laminated sand

lamination

landing collar

landing nipple

LAO

Laplace equation

laser diffraction

last reading

last-shot detection

late time transient data

late-time transient data

lateral

latex

layer

layer cake geometry

layer stripping

layer-cake geometry

layered reservoir testing

lb/bbl

lbm/bbl

LC50

LCM

LDE

lead acetate test

lead cement

leak detection

leak off

leakoff

leakoff test

leaky mode

lean gas

lean gas condensate

lean glycol

lean oil

lease

least time path

least-time path

leonardite

lessor royalty

levelwind

LGS

licensing round

life of the well

lifting frame

lifting sub

light crude oil

light hydrocarbons

light pipe

lignin

lignite

lignosulfonate

lime mud

limestone

limestone compatible scale

limestone porosity unit

limestone-compatible scale

limited entry

line drive

line source solution

line-source solution

linear alphaolefin

linear flow

liner

liner hanger

liner patch

lipophilic

liquefied natural gas

liquefied natural gas carrier

liquefied petroleum gas

liquid additive

liquid blocking

liquid desiccant

liquid hydrocarbons

liquid level

liquid saturation method

liquid-junction potential

lithification

lithofacies

lithologic

lithologic contact

lithology

lithosphere

lithostatic pressure

lithostratigraphic

lithostratigraphic inversion

lithostratigraphy

littoral

live cement

live oil

LNG

LNGC

load cell

load oil

local content

local holdup

local probe

lock

lock mandrel

lock-up

log

logarithmic mean

logging

logging run

logging tool

logging unit

logging while drilling

long path multiple

long spacing sonic log

long-path multiple

long-spacing sonic log

longitudinal plot

longitudinal relaxation

longitudinal weld

loose emulsion

lost circulation

lost circulation material

lost returns

lost-circulation material

LOT

Love wave

low colloid oil mud

low gravity solids

low solids mud

low solids nondispersed mud

low specific gravity solids

low velocity layer

low yield clay

low-colloid oil mud

low-gravity solids

low-pressure, low-temperature filtration test

low-salinity waterflooding

low-solids mud

low-solids, nondispersed mud

low-specific-gravity solids

low-velocity layer

low-yield clay

lowstand systems tract

LPG

LS

lubricant

lubricator

lubricator valve

lubricity

LWD

lyophilic

lyophilic colloid

lyophobic

lyophobic colloid


M
Mf

Ma

mafic

magma

magnesium test

magnetic constant

magnetic flux leakage

magnetic mud

magnetic permeability

magnetic resonance

magnetic reversal sequence

magnetic-flux leakage

magnetics

magnetometer

magnetotelluric method

make a connection

make hole

make up

make up water

make-up water

makeup cathead

makeup gas

makeup tongs

mandrel

manifold

mantle

map

marginal well

marine

marine drilling riser

marine flooding surface

marker bed

marker joint

marketing agreement

marsh

Marsh funnel

Marsh funnel viscosity

mass balance

massif

mast

mast unit

master valve

material balance

material balance equation

Material Safety Data Sheet

material-balance equation

matrix

matrix acidizing

matrix stimulation

maturation

maturity

maximum flooding surface

maximum recorded temperature

maximum treating pressure

Maxwell's equations

MBT test

MD

mean

measure point

measured depth

measurement after drilling

measurement error

measurement range

measurements while drilling

measurements-while-drilling

measuring tank

mechanical diversion

mechanical jar

mechanical skin

mechanical sticking

median

medium

medium induction

membrane potential

memory gauge

meniscus

mercury displacement method

metagenesis

metal gain

metal loss

metamorphic

metamorphism

meter

meter calibration

meter capacity

meter difference

meter factor

meter slippage

methane

methane hydrate

methyl orange

methyl orange alkalinity

methylene blue dye

methylene blue test

methylglucoside drilling fluid

mica

micellar polymer flooding

micellar-polymer flooding

micelle

micrite

microannulus

microbial enhanced oil recovery

microcylindrical log

microemulsion

microgel

microlaterolog

microlog

micropaleontology

microporosity

microresistivity

microseismic monitoring

microspherical log

middle time transient data

middle-time transient data

midoceanic ridge

midpoint

midrange

migrate

migration

Milankovitch cycles

milk emulsion mud

mill

mill out

mill shoe

milligrams per kilogram

milligrams per liter

milling

million standard cubic feet

mils per year penetration

mineral

mineral interest

Minerals Management Service

minifrac

minimum miscibility concentration

minimum miscibility pressure

minimum restriction

minimum time path

minimum-time path

minute mark

mis tie

mis-tie

miscible

miscible displacement

mist

mist drilling

mist extractor

mist flow

mixed deposits

mixed metal hydroxide

mixed metal silicate

mixed-metal hydroxide

mixed-metal silicate

MME

MMH

MMS

MMscf

mobile offshore drilling unit

mobility

mobility buffer

mobility control

mobility ratio

model

modeling

modified isochronal test

MODU

modulus of compression

modulus of elasticity

modulus of rigidity

Moho

Mohorovicic discontinuity

moldic porosity

moment

monkey board

monkeyboard

monomer

monopole

Monte Carlo risk analysis

Monte Carlo sampling

Monte Carlo simulation

montmorillonite

monument

moon pool

morning tour

mosquito bill

motorman

mousehole

mousehole connection

moveable hydrocarbons

moved hydrocarbons

moveout

moving-source method

mpy

MRS

Mscf/d

MSDS

MT

mud

mud acid

mud additive

mud aging cell

mud anchor

mud balance

mud cell

mud cleaner

mud cup

mud density

mud engineer

mud filtrate

mud hopper

mud house

mud in

mud in sample

mud motor

mud out

mud out sample

mud oven

mud pit

mud program

mud pulse telemetry

mud report

mud retort

mud return line

mud scale

mud still

mud tracer

mud up

mud weight

mud-aging cell

mud-in sample

mud-out sample

mudcake

mudding off

mudding up

mudrock

multi-capacitance flowmeter

Multiazimuth towed-streamer acquisition

multicomponent seismic data

multifinger caliper

multilateral

multipass method

multiphase

multiphase flow

multiphase fluid

multiphase fluid flow

multiphase holdup log

multiphase meter

multiphase pump

multiple completion

multiple isotope log

multiple isotope spectroscopy

multiple rate tests

multiple reflection

multiple regression

multiple salinity

multiple service contract

multiple-contact miscibility

multiple-isotope log

multiple-isotope spectroscopy

multiple-rate tests

multishot survey

mute

mutual solvent

MWD

My

MYBP

mysid shrimp


N
naphthene base crude oil

naphthene-base crude oil

naphthenic hydrocarbon

Narrow-azimuth seismic data

native clay

native solids mud

native state core

native-solids mud

natural completion

natural fracture

natural frequency

natural gamma ray spectroscopy

natural gas

natural gas liquids

natural gasoline

natural remanent magnetism

naturally flowing well

naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM)

near surface correction

near-surface correction

neat cement

neritic

nest

nested fractal structures

net gas production

net oil production

net profits interest

net revenue interest

neural networks

neutral point

neutralization

neutralize

neutralizing solution

neutron activation log

neutron capture

neutron generator

neutron interactions

neutron log

neutron porosity

neutron-activation log

Newtonian fluid

NGL

nipple

nipple down

nipple up

nipple-down

nipple-up

nitrified fluid

nitrogen cushion

nitrogen injection

nitrogen kickoff

nitrogen lift

nitrogen lifting

nitrogen unit

NMO

NMR

no go landing nipple

no-go landing nipple

NODAL* analysis

noise

noise log

nominal filter

non-Darcy flow

non-Newtonian fluid

nonconductive drilling fluid

nonconformity

nonhydrocarbon contaminants

nonideal gas

nonparticipating royalty

nonparticipating royalty interest

normal

normal fault

normal incidence

normal mode

normal moveout

normal moveout correction

normal pressure

normal-moveout correction

normality

NPDES

NRM

nuclear fluid densimeter

nuclear magnetic resonance

nuclear magnetic resonance measurement

numerical methods

numerical model

numerical reservoir simulation


O
O ring

O-ring

OBC

OBR

observer

Occam's inversion

ocean-bottom cable

OCMA

octahedral layer

octanol

octyl alcohol

OD

off pattern well

off-pattern well

offset

offset vertical seismic profile

offset VSP

offset well

Ohm's law

oil and gas lease

oil and gas separator

oil bank

oil base mud

oil content

oil emulsion mud

oil field

oil formation volume factor

oil in water emulsion

oil kitchen

oil mining

oil mud

oil on cuttings

oil pool

oil prone

oil sand

oil swelling

oil water contact

oil water interface

oil well

oil wet

oil-base mud

oil-emulsion mud

oil-in-water emulsion

oil-mud emulsifier

oil-prone

oil-water contact

oil-water interface

oil-wet

oil/brine ratio

oil/water ratio

oilfield

oilfield battery

olefinic hydrocarbon

oligomer

one dimensional seismic data

one way time

one-dimensional seismic data

one-way time

onlap

OOC

open flow potential

open hole

open-flow potential

openhole

openhole completion

openhole gravel pack

openhole packer

openhole test

opening bomb

operating agreement

operating gas-lift valve (OGLV)

operating interest

operator

optical index

optical probe

organic acid

organic deposit

organophilic

organophilic clay

organophilic lignite

orifice meter

orifice valve

orogenic

orogeny

OSHA

osmosis

osmotic pressure

OSPAR

outcrop

outlet spool

outside diameter

ovality limit

over travel

overbalance

overburden

overflush

overmature

overpressure

overriding royalty

overriding royalty interest

overshot

overthrust

overtravel

OWR

oxide closure model

oxide-closure model

oxygen activation

oxygen scavenger


P
p rate

p wave

P&A

p-rate

P-wave

Pf

Pm

PAC

pack off

packer

packer flowmeter

packer fluid

packing gland

packoff

pad

paddle blender

paddle mixer

PAG

paid up lease

paid-up lease

pair production

paleontology

paludal

palustrine

palynology

PAO

paraffin

paraffin base crude oil

paraffin control

paraffin inhibitor

paraffin scraper

paraffin scratcher

paraffin-base crude oil

paraffinic hydrocarbon

paraformaldehyde

parallel fold

parallel resistivity

parameter

parametric

parasequence

parasequence boundary

parasequence set

PARCOM

partial completion

partial penetration

participating interest

particle plugging apparatus

particle size distribution

particle-plugging apparatus

particle-plugging test

particle-size distribution

partitioning

parts per billion

parts per million

party

party chief

party manager

pascal

pass

passive margin

patch

pay

payout

PDC bit

peak

PEF

peg leg multiple

peg-leg multiple

pendant-drop tensiometer

penetration rate

peptization

peptize

peptized clay

peptizing agent

perforate

perforate overbalanced

perforate underbalanced

perforated interval

perforated liner

perforating acid

perforating charge

perforating depth control log

perforating depth-control log

perforating fluid

perforating gun

perforation

perforation density

perforation penetration

perforation phasing

periodogram

permafrost

permanent datum

permanent well monitoring

permeability

permeability thickness

permeable

permeameter

permittivity

perpendicular offset

perpendicular resistivity

petal basket flowmeter

petrographic

petrography

petroleum

petroleum system

petroleum systems modeling

petrologic

petrology

petrophysical model

petrophysical rock type

pH

pH test

phantom

phase

phase redistribution

phase shift

phase shift resistivity

phase velocity log

phase-shift resistivity

phase-velocity log

phenolphthalein

phosphate salt

photoelectric effect

photon log

PHPA

PHPA mud

PI

pick

pick-up

Pickett plot

pickle

pickling fluid

pickup

pig

pig run

pigging

pill

pilot mill

pilot test

pin

pinch out

pinch-out

pipe dope

pipe heavy

pipe light

pipe rack

pipe ram

pipe stretch

pipe trip

pipeline

pipeline capacity

pipeline gas

pipeline oil

pipeline patrol

PIT

Pitot tube

pitting

plane table

plane wave

plankton

plant

plastic

plastic deformation

plastic fluid

plastic viscosity

plate out

plate tectonics

plateau

platform

play

play back

playback

PLT

plug and abandon

plug flow

plugging material

plunge

plunger lift

plunger overtravel

PNP

POD

point bar

point of departure

poise

Poisson distribution

Poisson's ratio

polar

polar compound

polarity

polarity standard

polarization horn

polarization time

polished joint

polished rod

polyacrylamide

polyacrylate

polyalkalene glycol

polyalphaolefin

polyanionic cellulose

polyanionic lignin

polycrystalline diamond compact bit

polyelectrolyte

polyglycerol

polymer

polymer flooding

polymer plug

polyol

polyolefin

polyphosphates

polysaccharide

pony rod

pooling

poppet valve

pore

pore gas

pore pressure

pore pressure gradient

pore pressure transmission

pore throat

pore-pressure gradient

pore-pressure transmission

porosimeter

porosity

porosity exponent

porosity unit

porous

porous medium

porous plate technique

portland cement

portland cement clinker

positive displacement pump

positive-displacement pump

post

post mature

post-mature

potassium

potassium ion

potassium mud

potential field

pounds per barrel

pour point

power fluid injection rate

power law fluid

power oil

power-fluid injection rate

power-law fluid

pozzolan

pozzolanic

PPA

ppb

ppg

ppm

PPT

precipitate

precipitation

precision

preferential right to operate

preferential right to purchase

preflush

pregelatinized starch

prehydrate

prehydrated bentonite

prehydration

premium thread

preservation

preservative

preserved core

pressure

pressure buildup

pressure buildup analysis

pressure capability

pressure depletion

pressure drawdown

pressure falloff

pressure gauge

pressure gradient

pressure hunt

pressure integrity test

pressure sender

pressure squared plot

pressure storage tank

pressure transient analysis

pressure transient test

pressure transient well test

pressure transient well tests

pressure-composition diagram

pressure-drawdown analysis

pressure-squared plot

pressure-transient analysis

pressure-transient well tests

pressurized mud balance

primary cementing

primary completion components

primary migration

primary porosity

primary production

primary recovery

primary recovery method

primary reflection

primary term

prime mover

primer cord

principal axis

principal component analysis

probability

probe

probing

processing

produced fluid

produced water

producing formation

producing well

production

production bonus

production casing

production log

production packer

production payment

production penalty

production period

production service contract

production sharing contract

production string

production tubing

production wing

productivity index (PI)

productivity test

profile

profile modification

profile testing

profiling

profit oil

progradation

progressive cavity pumping system

progressive gels

propagation constant

propagation resistivity

propagation resistivity measurement

propagation time

proppant

propylene glycol normal propyl ether

prorated well

proration unit

prospect

proximity log

pseudogeometrical factor

pseudoplastic

pseudopressure plot

pseudostatic spontaneous potential

pseudosteady state

PSP

pull out of the hole

pull up

pull-up

pulling tool

pulse echo

pulse-echo

pulsed neutron holdup log

pulsed neutron spectroscopy log

pulsed neutron spectroscopy measurement

pulsed-neutron holdup log

pump barrel

pump cavitation

pump manifold

pump off

pump submergence

pump volumetric efficiency

pump-off

pumpability

pumper

pumping schedule

pumping tee

pumping time

pumping well

pumping well tests

push down

push-down

pusher

PV

PVT

pyrolysis

pyrophosphate

pyrrhotite


Q
Q

Q wave

Q-wave

QA

quadrant density

quality assurance

quantile map

quartile

quartz

quat

quat amine

quaternary amine

quebracho

quick lime

quick look

quicklook

quitclaim


R
R signal

R-signal

Rh

Rv

Rwa

rabbit

racking back pipe

radial array

radial differential temperature log

radial differential-temperature log

radial processing

radial refraction

radial resolution

radial response

radio safe detonator

radio silence

radio-safe detonator

radioactive tracer

radioactive tracer log

radioactive-tracer log

radius of curvature

radius of investigation

ram blowout preventer

ram preventer

random error

random noise

random walk method

random-walk method

range of load

rarefaction

rate dependent skin effect

rate of penetration

rate of shear

rate-dependent skin effect

rathole

raw crude oil

raw natural gas

ray

ray path

ray tracing

Rayleigh wave

raypath

RCRA

real time data

real-time data

ream

receiver

reciprocate

reciprocating pump

recirculating mixer

record

recorded data

recorder

recorder carrier

recoverable gas lift gas

recovery

recovery factor

recovery forecast

red mud

redox

reduced water slurry

reduced-water slurry

reducing agent

reef

reefal

reel

reel back tension

reel back-tension

reeled tubing

reference point

reflection

reflection coefficient

reflection tomography

reflectivity

reflector

refraction

refractive index

refractor

refracturing

regression

regression coefficient

regressive

relative age

relative dielectric constant

relative dielectric permittivity

relative filtrate volume

relative humidity

relative permeability

relaxation time

relaxed filtrate oil mud

relaxed-filtrate oil mud

release joint

relinquishment

remedial cementing

remote sensing

remotely operated vehicle

repeat section

repeatability

replacement velocity

reproducibility

reserve mud pit

reserve pit

reserve-mud pit

reservoir

reservoir characterization

reservoir characterization model

reservoir communication

reservoir description

reservoir drive mechanisms

reservoir height

reservoir heterogeneities

reservoir modeling

reservoir pressure

reservoir simulation

reservoir-drive mechanisms

residence time

residual bend

residual oil

resin

resistive invasion

resistivity

resistivity index

resistivity log

resolution

resolution matched

response matched

restored state core

retarder

retention time

retort

retort method

retort solids

retort test

retrievable bridge plug

retrievable gun

retrievable packer

retrogradation

retrograde condensation

returns

reverse circulating valve

reverse circulation

reverse combustion

reverse fault

reverse-circulating valve

reversing out

RH

rheologic

rheological

rheological property

rheology

rheology modifier

rhombohedral packing

rich gas

rich gas condensate

rich glycol

rich oil

Rich-azimuth towed-streamer acquisition

Ricker wavelet

rift

rig

rig down

rig floor

rig up

right angle set

right of first refusal

right-angle set

rigless operation

RIH

ring resistivity

ringworm corrosion

rising-bubble apparatus

RM

rock

rock mechanics

rock properties

rock types

rod elevators

rod pump

rod string

rod unit

roll a tank

roll line

roller cone bit

roller stem

roller-cone bit

rolling aging test

rolling-aging test

root mean square velocity

root-mean-square velocity

rotary bushing

rotary drilling

rotary hose

rotary steerable system

rotary table

rotational gas lift

roughneck

round thread

round trip

roustabout

routine core analysis

ROV

royalty

royalty interest

RP

rugose

rugosity

run

run in hole

running squeeze

running tool

rupture disk


S
S wave

S-wave

s.g.

sabkha

sack

sacrificial anode

safety clamp

safety head

safety joint

safety ram

safety spacer

sag

SAGD

salt

salt dome

salt plug

salt proximity survey

salt proximity vertical seismic profile

salt proximity VSP

salt-proximity vertical seismic profile

salt-proximity VSP

saltwater flow

saltwater mud

sample frequency

sample interval

sample rate

sampling error

sampling interval

sand

sand bailer

sand cleanout

sand consolidation

sand control

sand lifting

sand line

sand out

sand production

sand test

sand trap

sandface

sandout

sandstone

sandstone compatible scale

sandstone petrography

sandstone porosity unit

sandstone-compatible scale

SAPP

SARA analysis

satellite platform

saturated solution

saturation

saturation equation

saturation exponent

saturation unit

saver sub

SBR

SCAL

scale

scale inhibitor

scale inhibitor squeeze

scale removal

scale-inhibitor squeeze

scallop gun

SCAT

scattergram

scavenger

SCC

scintillation detector

scout

scout ticket

scraper

scraper trap

scratcher

screen

screen out

screening

screenout

scrub

scrubber

scrubber oil

seabed geophone

seal

seal assembly

seal receptacle

sealbore

sealbore packer

seals

seating nipple

seawater mud

secondary cementing

secondary migration

secondary porosity

secondary porosity index

secondary production

secondary recovery

secondary reflection

secondary term

secondary-porosity index

sediment

sedimentary

sedimentary basin

sedimentation

seismic

seismic acquisition

seismic impedance

seismic interpretation

seismic line

seismic modeling

seismic processing

seismic record

seismic reflection tomography

seismic refraction method

seismic section

seismic stratigraphy

seismic survey

seismic trace

seismic velocity

seismic wave

seismic while drilling vertical seismic profile

seismic-while-drilling vertical seismic profile

seismogram

seismograph

seismology

seismometer

selective firing

selective nipple

selective perforating

selective running tool

semblance

semisubmersible

sensitivity

separator

separator backpressure

separator gas

sepiolite

sequence

sequence boundary

sequence stratigraphy

sequential Gaussian simulation

sequestering agent

setting tool

settling pit

settling tank

severance

SH wave

SH-wave

shadow zone

shaker

shale

shale baseline

shale gas

shale shaker

shaly

shaped charge

shear

shear modulus

shear pin

shear ram

shear rate

shear seal BOP

shear stock

shear strain

shear strength

shear strength measurement test

shear stress

shear wave

shear-seal BOP

shear-strength measurement test

shearometer

sheave

sheen

sheen test

shelf

shifted spectrum

shifting tool

shoe

shoe joint

shoe track

shoot a level

shoot a well

short trip

short-path multiple

shot depth

shot detection

shot point

shotpoint

shoulder bed

show

shrimp test

shut in bottomhole pressure

shut in royalty

shut-in bottomhole pressure

shut-in pressure

shut-in royalty

SIBHP

SIBP

side pocket mandrel

side scan sonar

side-pocket mandrel

side-scan sonar

siderite

sideswipe

sidetrack

sidewall

sidewall core

Sierpinski gasket

sieve analysis

sigma

signal

signal to noise ratio

signal-to-noise ratio

signature

signature deconvolution

silica

silica layer

silicate

silicate anion

silicate mineral

silicate mud

silicic acid

siliciclastic sediment

silt

silver nitrate

similar fold

simple multiple

simulated annealing

simultaneous operation (SIMOP)

sinc x

single pass method

single phase

single phase flow

single shot survey

single tank composite sample

Single-azimuth towed-streamer acquisition

single-pass method

single-phase

single-phase flow

single-shot survey

single-tank composite sample

sinistral

sinker bar

sintered

sinusoid

SIP

sized calcium carbonate

sized salt

skewness

skid

skin

skin depth

skin effect

skin factor

slaked lime

slant hole rig

slant rig

slant stack

slant-hole rig

slickline

slide

sliding sleeve

slim hole well

slim-tube test

slime forming bacteria

slime-forming bacteria

slimhole well

slip

slip and cut

slip joint

slip lock

slip velocity

slip-and-cut

slips

sloughing shale

slow formation

slow release inhibitor

slow-release inhibitor

slowing-down length

slowing-down time

slowness

slowness time coherence

slowness-time coherence

sludge

slug

slug flow

slugging

slugging compound

slugging pill

slurries

slurry

slurry density

slurry stability

slurry yield

small pore water

small-pore water

smectite

smectite clay

smile

Snell's law

SNG

snub

snubber

snubbing

snubbing basket

snubbing force

snubbing jack

soak phase

soap

soda ash

sodium acid pyrophosphate

sodium bicarbonate

sodium carbonate

sodium chromate

sodium dichromate

sodium hydroxide

sodium phosphate

sodium polyacrylate

sodium silicate

soft line

soft rock

soft water

softline

Solar terrestrial rhythms

solid desiccant

solubility

solution gas

solution gas drive

solution gasdrive

sonde

sonde error

sonic

sonic log

sonic measurement

sonolog

sorting

sound

sour

sour corrosion

sour crude oil

sour gas

source

source pattern

source point

source rock

sourcepoint

Soxhlet extractor

SP

SPA

space frequency domain

space out

space-frequency domain

spacer

spacer fluid

spacing

spacing unit

specific gravity

specific permeability

spectral

spectral density analysis

spectral gamma ray

spectrum

spherical divergence

spherical flow

spherical focusing

spherical harmonic

spherical separator

spherical wave

spill point

spin flowmeter

spine and ribs plot

spinner flowmeter

spinner reversal

spinning chain

spinning-drop tensiometer

spiral borehole

spline

spontaneous potential

spooler

spot

spot sample

spotting

spotting fluid

spread

spreading loss

spud

spud mud

spurt loss

square log

squeeze

squeeze cementing

squeeze job

squeeze manifold

squeeze packer

squeeze pressure

squeeze tool

SRB

SSMA

SSMA copolymer

SSP

stab

stab in

stab-in

stabbing valve

stability meter

stabilization

stabilized

stabilized gas well

stable arch

stack

stacking velocity

stage separation

staged fracturing

stand

stand pipe

standard batch

standing valve

standoff

standpipe

starch

static aging test

static correction

static filter press

static filtration

static fluid level

static pressure

static spontaneous potential

static-aging test

statics

stationarity

stationary slips

stationary snubbers

statistics

STB

steady state

steady state behavior

steady-state behavior

steam

steam chamber

steam flood

steam management

steam oil ratio

steam soak

steam trap

steam-assisted gravity drainage

steam-oil ratio

steamflood

stearate

steerable motor

stem

step profile

step rate test

stick and slip

stimulation

stimulation byproduct

stimulation fluid

stochastic analysis

stochastic methods

stochastic modeling

stock tank

stock tank barrel

STOIIP

Stoneley permeability

Stoneley wave

STOOIP

storm choke

storm packer

strain

strainer

strap

strapping

strapping tape

strata

stratified flow

stratigraphic analysis

stratigraphic trap

stratigraphy

stratum

streamer

streamer feathering

strength retrogression

stress

stress corrosion cracking

stress induced anisotropy

stress-corrosion cracking

stress-induced anisotropy

strike

strike fault

strike-slip fault

strip gun

stripper rubber

stripping

stripping ram

stroke

stroke jars

strokes per minute

structural

structural analysis

structural shale

structural trap

structure

structure map

stuck

stuck pipe

stylolite

styrene

sub

subduction

submersible drilling rig

subsalt

subsea well

subsidence

subsurface pressure

subsurface safety valve (SSSV)

subsurface surface controlled safety valve (SSCSV)

subsurface surface-controlled safety valve (SSCSV)

sucker rod

sucker rod pump

suction pit

sulfate reducing bacteria

sulfate resistance

sulfate resistant cement

sulfate-reducing bacteria

sulfate-resistant cement

sulfide

sulfide scavenger

sulfide stress cracking

sulfide test

sulfonated asphalt

sulfonated polystyrene-maleic anhydride copolymer

sulfur light crude

summation of fluids method

superficial velocity

superposition

superposition in space

superposition in time

supply vessel

suppression

surface casing

surface controlled subsurface safety valve (SCSSV)

surface interest

surface pipe

surface pressure

surface shut-in

surface tension

surface wave

surface-controlled subsurface safety valve (SCSSV)

surfactant

surfactant flooding

surfactant-alternating gas

surge tank

surrounding bed

survey

suspended solids

SV wave

SV-wave

swab

swab valve

swabbing

swage

swaging tool

swamp

sweep efficiency

sweep pill

sweet

sweet corrosion

sweet crude

sweet crude oil

sweet gas

sweet spot

sweetening

swellable packer

swivel

SWR

syn

syncline

synthetic base fluid

synthetic base mud

synthetic fault

synthetic natural gas

synthetic seismogram

synthetic seismograms

synthetic-base fluid

synthetic-base mud

synthetic/brine ratio

synthetic/water ratio

systematic error

systems tract


T
T1

T2

tag

tail

tail buoy

tail cement

tail mute

tail pipe

Taitel Dukler

Taitel-Dukler

tall oil

tally

TAME

tangential plot

tangential wave

tank

tank battery

tank bottoms

tank calibration

tank dike

tank table

tankage

tanker

tannic acid

tannin

taper tap

tapered cutoff

tapered string

TAPS

TAR

tar sand

Taylor bubbles

TCP

TD

TDEM

TE

TEA

technical evaluation agreement

tectonic environment

tectonics

tectonism

telemetry

tell tale

tell-tale

telluric current

telluric current method

telluric-current method

TEM

temperature gradient

temperature log

temperature stability

temperature survey

ten minute gel strength

ten second gel strength

ten-minute gel strength

ten-second gel strength

tensile strength

tension-set packer

tensor methods

TEOR

term lease

ternary diagram

terrain correction

terrestrial

tertiary recovery

test separator

tetrahedral layer

Texas deck

TFNB

TG

THAI

theoretical

thermal capture

thermal diffusion length

thermal gradient

thermal maturity

thermal neutron absorber

thermal neutron porosity measurement

thermal recovery

thermal simulation

thermally activated mud emulsion

thickening time

thief

thief hatch

thief zone

thinner

thixotropic

thixotropy

thorium

thousand standard cubic feet per day

thread protector

thread rule

threadform

three component seismic data

three dimensional seismic data

three dimensional survey

three phase flow

three phase separator

three-component seismic data

three-dimensional seismic data

three-dimensional survey

three-phase flow

three-phase separator

threshold velocity

through flowline (TFL)

through tubing gun

through-flowline (TFL)

through-tubing

through-tubing gun

thrust fault

tick mark

tie

tie back liner

tie back packer

tie line

tie-back liner

tie-back packer

tie-back string

tight

tight emulsion

tight gas

tight hole

time after bit

time domain

time domain electromagnetic method

time lapse

time lapse seismic data

time migration

time slice

time-domain electromagnetic method

time-lapse

time-lapse seismic data

timed slug analysis

timed-slug analysis

titrate

titration

TM

TOC

toe to heel air injection

tomography

tongs

tool joint

tool string

toolpusher

top drive

top lease

top log interval

topdrive

topographic map

tornado chart

torpedo

torque flowmeter

total depth

total hardness test

total organic carbon

total porosity

total solids

tour

trace

tracer

tracer ejector measurement

tracer loss measurement

tracer measurement

tracer-ejector measurement

tracer-loss measurement

track

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

transform fault

transgression

transgressive

transgressive surface

transient drainage radius

transient electromagnetic method

transient pressure

transient rate and pressure test analysis

transient-pressure response

transient-pressure testing

transient-rate and pressure-test analysis

transit time

transition flow

transition zone

transmission tomography

transpression

transtension

transverse electric mode

transverse magnetic mode

transverse relaxation

trap

trapped oil

travel joint

traveling block

traveling valve

travelling slips

travelling snubbers

traveltime

treater

treating iron

treatment fluid

trend

trip

trip gas

trip out

trip pill

triplex pump

tripping pipe

trough

true amplitude recovery

true resistivity

true stratigraphic thickness

true vertical depth

true vertical thickness

true-amplitude recovery

tube wave

tubing broach

tubing conveyed perforating

tubing displacement

tubing end locator (TEL)

tubing grade

tubing hanger

tubing head

tubing job

tubing joint

tubing performance curve (TPC)

tubing pressure

tubing puncher

tubing seal assembly

tubing testing tool

tubing thread

tubing-conveyed perforating

tubing-end locator

tubing-retrievable safety valve (TRSV)

tubingless completion

tubular jar

tubulars

tuff

tuffaceaous

tuning effect

turbidite

turbidity current

turbulent flow

turnkey

TVD

twist off

twist-off

two dimensional seismic data

two dimensional survey

two pass method

two phase flow

two phase separator

two way traveltime

two-dimensional seismic data

two-dimensional survey

two-pass method

two-phase flow

two-phase separator

two-way traveltime

TWT

type curve analysis

type curves

type-curve analysis


U
U-tube effect

Udden-Wentworth scale

ULCC

ultra heavy oil

ultra-long spaced electrical log

ultrafine

ultralarge crude carrier

ultralow interfacial tension

ultrasonic caliper

ultrasonic measurement

uncertainty

uncertainty principle

unconformity

unconformity trap

unconventional resource

under travel

underbalance

underbalanced

underground blowout

underground gas storage

underpressure

underpressured

underream

undersaturated fluid

undershooting

undertravel

undisturbed zone

uniformitarianism

unitization

unitized production

units conversion factor

Universal Transverse Mercator grid (UTM)

unload

unloading valve

unsteady state

unweighted mud

updip

upgrader

upset

upstream

upstroke

upward continuation

uranium


V
V-G meter

VAMA

VAPEX

vapor extraction

vapor pressure

vapor recovery unit

vaporizing drive

variable rate

variable-density log

varimax rotation

variogram

varve

vee door

vee-door

velocity

velocity analysis

velocity anomaly

velocity correction

velocity correction factor

velocity image

velocity layering

velocity map

velocity shot measurement

velocity string

velocity survey

velocity-correction factor

velocity-shot measurement

verification

verification listing

versenate

vertical displacement efficiency

vertical lift

vertical resistivity

vertical resolution

vertical response

vertical seismic profile

vertical separator

vertical severance

vertical sweep efficiency

very large crude carrier

vesicle

vesicular

vesicular porosity

VG meter

vibrator

vibratory seismic data

vinyl acetate-maleic anhydride copolymer

vinyl polymer

virgin pressure

virgin zone

vis

viscosity

viscosity and gel-strength test

viscous fingering

viscous force

viscous oil

vitrinite

vitrinite reflectance

VLCC

volcanic

volcano

volumetric cross section

volumetric displacement efficiency

volumetric efficiency

volumetric sweep efficiency

VSP

vug

vuggy

vugular

vugular porosity


W
Wadati-Benioff zone

WAG

wait on cement

wait time

walk above vertical seismic profile

walk above VSP

walk-above vertical seismic profile

walk-above VSP

walkaway vertical seismic profile

walkaway VSP

wall cake

wall loss

wall sticking

Walsh-Hadamard transform

Walther's law

wash out

wash over

wash pipe

washout

washover

washover pipe

washover shoe

wastewater cleanup

water alternating gas

water base drilling fluid

water base mud

water block

water bottom roll

water clarification

water coning

water control

water cushion

water cut

water cut meter

water drive

water filled resistivity

water flood

water flow log

water formation volume factor

water gun

water in oil emulsion

water influx

water loss

water mud

water mud emulsifier

water oil ratio

water production

water saturation

water to cement ratio

water wet

water, oil and solids test

water-alternating gas

water-base drilling fluid

water-base mud

water-bottom roll

water-cut meter

water-filled resistivity

water-flow log

water-in-oil emulsion

water-mud emulsifier

water-to-cement ratio

water-wet

water/oil ratio

waterdrive

waterflood

waterflood kick

waterflooding

wave

wave equation

waveform

wavefront

wavelength

wavelet

wavelet extraction

wavenumber

weak point

weathered layer

weathering

weathering correction

weevil

weight

weight indicator

weight material

weighted mud

weighting agent

weighting material

well cleanup

well control

well flow rate

well interference

well interference testing

well log

well placement

well plan

well potential

well production rate

well servicing

well shoot

well stimulation

well-interference testing

wellbore

wellbore damage

wellbore diagram

wellbore fill up

wellbore fill-up

wellbore storage effects

wellbore-storage effects

wellhead

wellhead backpressure

Wentworth scale

wet clay porosity

wet combustion

wet gas

wet oil

wet-clay porosity

wettability

wettability change

whole core

whole mud dilution

whole-mud dilution

Wide-azimuth towed-streamer acquisition

wiggle trace

wildcat

window

wing valve

Winsor phase behavior

wiper plug

wiper trip

wire clamp

wire wrapped screen

wire-wrapped screen

wireline

wireline cutter

wireline formation test

wireline formation tester

wireline grab

wireline log

wireline retrievable safety valve (WRSV)

wireline-retrievable safety valve (WRSV)

WOC

WOR

work basket

work station

work string

working interest

workover

workover fluid

workover string

worm

wormhole

wrench fault


X
X signal

X-radiography

X-ray diffraction

X-ray fluorescence (XRF)

X-signal

xanthan gum

XC polymer

xylene


Y
yield

yield point

yield stress

Young's modulus

Young-Laplace equation

YP


Z
Z/A effect

zero crossing

zero offset data

zero offset vertical seismic profile

zero phase

zero zero gels

zero-offset data

zero-offset vertical seismic profile

zero-phase

zero-zero gels

zinc basic carbonate

zinc bromide

zinc carbonate

zinc chloride

zinc oxide

zip collars

zip grooves

Zoeppritz equations

zonal

zone