- 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 bailing device with a release valve, usually of the disk or flapper type, used to place, or spot, material (such as cement slurry) at the bottom of the well.
Industry:Oil & gas
the arrangement of the downhole tools used in running and setting a packer.
Industry:Oil & gas
a general term used to refer to any type of log being run in a well.
Industry:Oil & gas
supports the electrical cables that feed the power from the control panel to the rig motors.
Industry:Oil & gas
the set of dense rubber, washer-shaped pieces encircling a packer, which are designed to expand against casing or formation face to seal off the annulus.
Industry:Oil & gas
special tools or equipment made to be lowered into and retrieved from the well on a wireline, for example, packers, swabs, gas-lift valves, measuring devices.
Industry:Oil & gas
On diesel electric rigs, diesel engines drive electric generators. The generators produce electricity that flow throw cables to electric switches and control equipment enclosed in a control cabinet or panel. Electricity is fed to electric motors via the panel.
Industry:Oil & gas
a device with an elastomer packing element that depends on pressure below the packing to effect a seal in the annulus. Used primarily to run or pull pipe under low or moderate pressures. Also called a stripper.
Industry:Oil & gas
a cable composed of steel wires twisted around a central core of fiber or steel wire to create a rope of great strength and considerable flexibility.
Industry:Oil & gas
