- 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 well drilled to obtain a fresh water supply to support drilling and production operations or to obtain a water supply to be used in connection with an enhanced recovery program.
Industry:Oil & gas
a water-base mud in which water is the continuous phase and oil is the dispersed phase.
Industry:Oil & gas
to penetrate the productive formation after the casing is set and cemented on top of the pay zone.
Industry:Oil & gas
the surface area overlying an oil reservoir or reservoirs. The term usually includes not only the surface area, but also the reservoir, the wells, and the production equipment.
Industry:Oil & gas
an agreement made between a drilling company and an operating company to drill a well. It generally sets forth the obligation of each party, compensation, identification, method of drilling, depth to be drilled, and so on.
Industry:Oil & gas
a drilling mud, such as, oil-base mud and invert-emulsion mud, in which oil is the continuous phase. It is useful in drilling certain formations that may be difficult or costly to drill with waterbase mud. Compare oil-emulsion mud.
Industry:Oil & gas
a driller, a derrickhand, and two or more helpers who operate a drilling or workover rig for one tour each day.
Industry:Oil & gas
