Production Test
Oil that contains basic sediment and water (BS&W)
wet oil
What company has just started producing the Arcadia field in Egypt?
ENI
A metal or plastic vessel used to store or measure a liquid
tank
A downhole device or tool component designed to catch debris or objects, such as balls, darts or plugs dropped to actuate downhole equipment or tools.
basket
A fluid that is left in the annular region of a well between tubing and outer casing above a packer
Packer fluid
An instrument that records the flow rate of gas through a pipeline
orifice meter
The "Golden Lane" is located in which country
Mexico
The pipes used to transport oil and gas from a field to the main pipeline in the area
gathering lines
The depth at which a tubing or coiled tubing string that is stuck in the wellbore is free to move.
free point
To place a small volume or pill of fluid in a wellbore annulus to free differentially stuck pipe
Spot
Production of formation fluid through the casing-tubing annulus
annular production
This Canadian-based pipeline and transportation company has been lobbying hard for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport heavy oils from Canada oil sands to the Gulf Coast.
TransCanada
A vessel with its cylindrical axes perpendicular to the ground that is used to separate oil, gas and water from the production stream
vertical separator
A technique used in injection treatments, such as matrix stimulation, to ensure a uniform distribution of treatment fluid across the treatment interval.
diversion
The chemical unit from which a polymer is made
Monomer
Gas injected into a gas-condensate reservoir to maintain the pressure level, thus preventing further condensate dropout
makeup gas
The Texas Company, started by Joseph Cullinan, would change its name in 1906 to?
Texaco
A device that can be lowered into a tank to obtain samples (liquid or sediments) at different depths
thief
A blank gas–lift valve placed in a gas–lift mandrel to isolate the tubing string from the annulus.
dummy valve
A cellulose derivative similar in structure, properties and usage in drilling fluids to carboxymethylcellulose. It is considered to be a premium product because it typically has a higher degree of carboxymethyl substitution and contains less residual NaCl than technical grade carboxymethylcellulose
Polyanionic cellulose (PAC)
A measuring device for determining the gas-flow rate
Pitot tube
What are the shares of BPs partners in the Macondo project?
Anadarko: 25% and MOEX: 10%
To remove sulfur or sulfur compounds from an oil or gas stream
desulfurize
Another term for ball sealers, small spheres designed to seal perforations that are accepting the most fluid, thereby diverting reservoir treatments to other portions of the target zone.
frac balls
The mechanism by which partially hydrated cuttings stick to parts of the bottomhole assembly and accumulate as a compacted, layered deposit.
Accretion