- 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.
an angled ramp for dragging drill pipe, casing and other materials up to the drilling floor or bringing such equipment down.
Industry:Oil & gas
reverse backlash of tongs, left on a pipe or collar, during the pipe spinning operations.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. to drive oil from a reservoir into a well by injecting water under pressure into the reservoir formation. See waterflooding. 2. to drown out a well with water.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. to use the drawworks to lift the bit (or other tool) off bottom by raising the drill stem. 2. to use an air hoist to lift a tool, a joint of drill pipe, or other piece of equipment.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. the male threaded section of a tool joint. 2. on a bit, the threaded bit shank.
Industry:Oil & gas
a portable servicing or workover rig that is self-propelled, using the hoisting engines for motive power. Because the driver's cab is mounted on the end opposite the mast support, the unit must be backed up to the wellhead.
Industry:Oil & gas
those workers on a drilling or workover rig who work primarily on the rig floor. See rotary helper.
Industry:Oil & gas
a long, hollow cylinder, usually steel, through which fluids are conducted. Oilfield tubular goods are casing (including liners), drill pipe, tubing, or line pipe.
Industry:Oil & gas
