- Industry: 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 vibrating screen used to remove cuttings from the circulating fluid in rotary drilling operations. Also called a shaker.
Industry:Oil & gas
laboratory analysis of a core sample that may determine porosity, permeability, lithology, fluid content, angle of dip, geological age, and probable productivity of the formation.
Industry:Oil & gas
a well completion in which a liner is used to obtain communication between the reservoir and the wellbore.
Industry:Oil & gas
the component in a blowout preventer that cuts, or shears, through drill pipe and forms a seal against well pressure.
Industry:Oil & gas
a tubular device, usually from 10 to 60 feet (3 to 18 meters) long, run in place of a bit and used to cut a core sample.
Industry:Oil & gas
a blowout preventer that uses shear rams as closing elements.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. a small portion of a formation obtained by using a core barrel and core bit in an existing wellbore. See core bit. 2. a spot sample of the contents of an oil or oil product storage tank usually obtained with a thief, or core sampler, at a given height in the tank.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. a grooved pulley. 2. support wheel over which tape, wire, or cable rides.
Industry:Oil & gas
