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The Petroleum Extension Service (PETEX) is a unit of the Division of Continuing Education at The University of Texas at Austin and has been training companies and individuals since 1944.
a type of roller cone bit with inserts made of tungsten carbide. Also called tungsten carbide insert bit.
Industry:Oil & gas
a wellbore intentionally drilled at an angle from the vertical. See directional drilling.
Industry:Oil & gas
the recording of information derived from examination and analysis of formation cuttings made by the bit and of mud circulated out of the hole. A portion of the mud is diverted through a gas-detecting device. Cuttings brought up by the mud are examined under ultraviolet light to detect the presence of oil or gas. Mud logging is often carried out in a portable laboratory set up at the well site.
Industry:Oil & gas
in well cementing, the fluid, usually drilling mud or salt water, that is pumped into the well after the cement is pumped into it to force the cement out of the casing and into the annulus.
Industry:Oil & gas
originally, an open pit dug in the ground to hold drilling fluid or waste materials discarded after the treatment of drilling mud. For some drilling operations, mud pits are used for suction to the mud pumps, settling of mud sediments, and storage of reserve mud. Steel tanks are much more commonly used for these purposes now, but they are still usually referred to as pits.
Industry:Oil & gas
a loosely arranged, apparently unstratified section of rock.
Industry:Oil & gas
