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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

API Recommended Practice 10B Recommended Practice for Testing Well Cements

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

Sw


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 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 polymer

acrylamide-acrylate polymer

acrylamido-methyl-propane sulfonate polymer

acrylate polymer

activation log

active margin

active sulfide

activity of aqueous solutions

acyclic compound

additivity

adjacent bed

adjustable choke

adjusted flow time

adsorption

advective transport modeling

aeolian

aeolotropy

aerated layer

aerobic

aeromagnetic survey

AFE

afterflow

AGC

AGC time constant

agglomeration

aggradation

aggradational

aggregate

aggregation

air drill

air drilling

air gun

air shooting

air wave

air-cut mud

Alford rotation

alias filter

aliasing

alidade

aliphatic compound

alkaline

alkaline 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

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 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

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

asphalt

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 off

back up

back-in

back-pressure

back-pressure valve

back-propagation

back-stripping

back-up ring

backflow

backoff

backpressure

backscatter

backside

backup curve

backwash

bactericide

bad hole

balance point

balanced array

balanced plug

balanced-activity oil mud

ball catcher

ball diverter

ball dropper

ball sealer

ball-operated

ballout

band

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

BHA

BHCT

BHP

BHST

BHT

bias

bias weld

bicarb

bicarbonate

bicenter bit

bichromate salt

bid and study agreement

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

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 zone

blind-shear ram

block

blockage

blowdown

blowdy

blowing the drip

blowout

blowout preventer

BLPD

BM

BOD

body wave

Boltzmann probability distribution

bomb

bond log

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 static temperature

bottomhole temperature

bottomhole temperature (BHT)

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 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

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 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 pressure curve

capillary tube viscometer

capillary-suction-time test

caprock effect

capsule gun

carbon density

carbon dioxide

carbon dioxide corrosion

carbonate

carbonate gamma ray

carbonate ion

carbonate scale

carbonate test

carboxymethyl starch

carboxymethyl, hydroxyethylcellulose

carboxymethylcellulose

carried working interest

carrier fluid

carrier gun

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 joint

casing patch

casing point

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

cathead

cathode

cathodic protection

cation

cation-exchange capacity

cationic

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 valve

check-shot survey

chelate

chelating agent

chelation

chelation agent

chemical barrel

chemical cutter

chemical diversion

chemical diverter

chemical flooding

chemical injection

chemical neutron source

chemical oxygen demand

chemical wash

chemical-marker injection

Chenevert Method

chert

cherty

chloride test

chlorite

choke

choke line

choke manifold

CHOPS

Christmas tree

chromate salt

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 extender

clay stabilizer

clay swelling

clay-bound water

clay-water interaction

clean

cleanout

cleanup

clear brine

clear-water drilling

close-in

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

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 reflection point

common-offset

common-receiver

communitization

compaction

compaction correction

company man

company representative

compartment

compartmentalization

compatibility

compatible scales

compensated neutron log

compensated-density log

competent

complete a well

completion

completion fluid

completion skin

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

conditional simulation

conductance

conductive invasion

conductive rock matrix model

conductivity

conductometric titration

conductor pipe

conformable

conformity

conical projection

coning

connate water

connection

consistency

consistometer

consolidated

consolidation

constant rate

contact

contact angle

contact time

contaminant

continental shelf

contingency plan

continuity equation

continuous gas lift

continuous phase

contour

contour interval

contour map

contract depth

control line

controlled time survey

convection

conventional mud

convergence

convergent

converted wave

conveyance

convolution

convolve

copolymer

copper carbonate

core

core gamma log

core image

core plug

core testing

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)

cost oil

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 section

cross-sectional

crosscorrelate

crosscorrelation

crosscorrelation flowmeter

crossflow

crossline

crosslinker

crossover

crossover service tool

crossplot

crossplot porosity

crosswell tomography

crown block

crown valve

crude oil

crushed zone

crust

crystallization temperature

CSS

CT

cubic packing

cultural anomaly

cultural noise

curing

curve

curve fitting

curve matching

cushion

cut

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 seismic sounding

deep tow

deep-penetrating charge

deep-water 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

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 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

determinism

deterministic deconvolution

deterministic methods

detonate

detonating cord

detonator

detrital

detritus

development

deviated drilling

deviated hole

deviation

deviation survey

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 plug

difference map

differential compaction

differential pressure

differential pressure sticking

differential SP

differential spectrum

differential sticking

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

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 fluid

disposal well

dissolved solids

distillation extraction

distortion

distributed-temperature log

distribution

diurnal variation

divergence

diversion

diverter

diverter flowmeter

diverting agent

division order

Dix formula

DMO

dog collar

doghouse

dogleg

dolomite

dolomitization

dolostone

domain

domainal fabric

domainal structure

dome

doodlebugger

dope

dosing pump

double refraction

downdip

downhole gauge

downhole receiver

downhole safety valve (DSV)

downhole sensors

downhole source

downlap

downstream

downstream pipeline

downstroke

downward continuation

drag bit

drag-bag

drainage

drainage area

drainage volume

drainhole

drape

drawdown

drawdown test

drawworks

Drdger tube

drift

drill bit

drill collar

drill solids

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

dropout

dry bed

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 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 positioning

dynamic range

dynamic-aging test

dynamite

dynamometer

dynamometer card


E
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

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 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 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

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

error

ES test

escape line

ESP

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

falloff test

fan shooting

Fann viscometer

far water

farmee

farmor

farmout

fast diffusion

fast formation

fast Fourier transform

fast-formation arrival

fast-neutron reaction

fatty acid

fatty-acid soap

fault

fault trap

Faye correction

FD

fee-simple interest

feldspar

felsic

fence diagram

Fermat's principle

ferro-chrome lignosulfonate

ferrous sulfide

FFT

fiber LCM

fiber lost-circulation material

field

field tape

field weld

fill cement

fill sub

film-forming amines

filter

filter cake

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

fine

fines

fines migration

fingerboard

fingering

finite-conductivity fracture

finite-wellbore solution

fire flooding

firing head

first arrival

first break

first reading

fish

fish eye

fishbone wells

fishing

fishing bell

fishing diagram

fishing neck

fishing tool

FITR

fitted model

fitted variogram

five-spot

fixed choke

fixed-cutter bit

fixed-source method

flag

flag joint

flake LCM

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

flooding surface

flow after flow

flow back

flow check

flow coupling

flow efficiency

flow loop

flow model

flow period

flow profile

flow regime

flow simulation

flow structure

flow unit

flow-after-flow tests

flow-concentrating

flower structure

flowing neutron log

flowing pressure

flowing well

flowline

flowline manifold

flowline mud sample

flowline sample

flowmeter

flowstream

flowstream sample

fluid compatibility test

fluid compressibility

fluid contact

fluid flow

fluid invasion

fluid level

fluid loss

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

fluvial

flux leakage

fly ash

foam breaker

foam diversion

foam generator

foamed cement

foaming agent

foamy oil

fold

footprint

foreign content

formaldehyde

formate

formation

formation damage

formation evaluation while drilling

formation exposure time

formation factor

formation fluid

formation fracture pressure

formation pressure

formation water

formic acid

forward modeling

forward problem

fossil

four-component seismic data

four-dimensional seismic data

Fourier analysis

Fourier synthesis

Fourier transform

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

frac ball

frac crew

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 porosity

fractured-well analysis

fracturing pressure

free fluid

free gas

free point

free water

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

full waveform

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 buster

gas cap

gas chimney

gas condensate

gas coning

gas deviation factor

gas drive

gas formation volume factor

gas gravity

gas hydrate

gas in solution

gas injection

gas interference

gas lift

gas lock

gas migration

gas processing plant

gas sand

gas separator

gas show

gas well

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