- Branche: Education; Oil & gas
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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 device, usually with segmented threads, run with seal subs on the bottom of a tubing string and latched into a permanent packer to prevent tubing movement.
Industry:Oil & gas
to place stands of drill pipe and drill collars in a vertical position to one side of the rotary table in the derrick or mast of a drilling or workover rig. Compare lay down pipe.
Industry:Oil & gas
the largest diameter casing and the topmost length of casing. It is relatively short and encases the topmost string of casing.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. the spiral of strands in a wire rope either to the right or to the left, as viewed from above. 2. a term used to measure wire rope, signifying the linear distance a wire strand covers in one complete rotation around the rope.
Industry:Oil & gas
to run and cement casing at a certain depth in the wellbore. Sometimes called set pipe.
Industry:Oil & gas
a conical-shaped metal device into which cutting teeth are formed or mounted on a roller cone bit.
Industry:Oil & gas
to pull drill pipe or tubing from the hole and place it in a horizontal position on a pipe rack. Compare set back.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. a section of pipe or fitting used to join pipe to pipe or to a vessel. 2. a place in electrical circuits where wires join. 3. the action of adding a joint of pipe to the drill stem as drilling progresses.
Industry:Oil & gas
