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Who is the CEO of Chesapeake Energy
Who is the CEO of Chevron
Which company has the world's highest oil production
Which company has the world's second highest daily oil production?
Which company has the world's third highest daily oil production?
Which company has the world's fourth highest daily oil production?
Which company has the worlds's fifth highest daily oil production
CEO of Hilcorp
What are 5 assumptions behind darcy flow?

What is the formula for effective porosity

Formula for effective permeability
Formula for Mobility Ratio
Formula for rate during exponential decline
What is an ESP? Who invented it? Where was it first successfully implimented?
Who was the first woman SPE president, and in what year?
How many countries are currently in SPE?
Current SPE membership number
In what year was SPE founded?
In what year did SPE split from AIME (American Institute of Mining Engineers)?
Who is the Current SPE President?
Who is the 2015 SPE President?
What is "The Way Ahead"
What is the highest award that you can win as an SPE member?
What does "Segregated Flow" mean, and which factors determine the flow condition?
What does the term "diffuse flow" mean and which factors determine this flow condition?
What is formation volume factor
Two main types of boundary conditions that are used to represent reservoir fluid production and injection?

Which log provides a good measurement of the hydrogen and hydrocarbon in a formation?
What are the three elements used as the source of natural gamma rays in sedemantary rocks?
What is the physical law that gives the pressure drop in a fluid across a cylindrical tube, and it's assumptions?
Define Kinematic Viscosity
What is the process when the saturation of the wetting phase increases and the saturation of the nonwetting phase decreases
Which structure in geology has the oldest beds at it's core?
What is the term for any geological fold that is convex up?
What are three types of structural traps?
What are the types of secondary porosity in carbonate rocks?
What is a thief zone?
Name the geologic periods in order from oldest to most recent:

Three stages of flow:

Principle of Corresponding States?

What are two fluid sampling methods?
Standard Temp and Pressure in US
What fluid is commonly used in carbonate reservoir stimulation?
What is the primary purpose of polymer injection?
What is the term for global rise and fall in sea level?
Robert Lawler
John S. Watson
Saudi Aramco, 12.5 MMBBLD
Gatzprom, 9.7MMBBLD
National Iranian Oil Co
ExxonMobil, 5.3 MMBBLD
PetroChina, 4.4 MMBBLD
Jeffrey Hildebrand
-Reynold's number less than 1
No-slip boundary conditions
Single-phase flow
No chemical ineteraction between rock and fluid
Newtonian fluid
Volume (interconnected)/Volume(total)
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Electronic Submersibile Pump; Armais Arutunoff, Kansas
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Jeff Spath
Helge Hove Haldorsen
The SPE young professionals magazine published 3 times a year
Honorary Member Award
This is when fluids are separated according to density and it becomes a factor when the gravity dominates the flow
A well-mixed flow where the fluids don't separate according to density
Volume of fluid at reservoir conditions divided by volume of a fluid at standard conditions
1) Bottom-hole-pressure-specified
2) Production-rate-specified
Neutron
Thorium, Uranium, Potassium
Hagen Poisuelle Equation
Assumptions
1) Laminar
2) Viscous flow
3) Incompressible
4) Flow traveled is longer than the diameter of the cross-sectional area
it's the dynamic viscosity divided by the density of the fluid
Imbibitation
an anticline
Antiform
Anticline, fault, salt dome
Fenestral porosity (algal mats),, shelter porosity, intracrystalline porosity, moldic porosity, fractured porosity
The term for a higher permeability layer above or beneath multiple lower perm layers
Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Terti
Also known as : Pizza can occupy some deep mud pits. Permian tall jaguars can tire quickly.

Transient
Late Transient
PseudoSteady State
Fluid properties can be related to a fluid's critical temperature and pressure. Can be used to calculate Z-factors
surface and downhole
60 F, 14.7 psi
Carbonic Acid
Improve the sweep efficiency
Eustacy
es the flow
Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Quaternary.
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What are the fundamental units of a Stoke and what property does it measure?
What invention was Rueben Baker famous for inventing that was run at the bottom of a casing string?
What is the pore volume of a sample that has a grain volume of 3 and a porsity of 0.3?
Name the individual who introduced the eccentric factor to the Redlich-Kwan equation of state.
Name the 4 oxides that make up 95% of Portland Cement.
With an estimated recoverable of 9 billion barrels of oil, this field is one of the worlds deepest onshore supergiant fields. It is locat
Identify the well intervention method that provides the ability to work safely under live well conditions with a continuous string, a
According to the BP statistical review of world energy, at the end of 2010 the Russian federation had the 6th largest proven oil res
List the types of flow regimes that can be used in underbalanced drilling.
What problem plagues bits in some formations where too much weight on bit is applied?
What is the name of the correlation used for estimating fracture pressure and pore pressure?
Drilling line does not tend to wear uniformely over its length. The most severe kind of wear occurs at which two kinds of points?
The largest company in South America appointed its first female CEO in 2012. Name the CEO of Petrobras.
Which country continues to uphold the first European ban on hydraulic fracturing as environmentally insensitive?
Dake defines compaction drive as the expulsion of reservoir fluids due to the dynamic reduction of what?
Name the shale play that extends from the north United States into Saskatchewan Canada.
Which chemical is almost always used to alter mud pH level while drilling?
Name 5 broad sedimentary environments or associations.
What was the United States daily average consumption of petroleum products in 2011?
Name 4 methods for preventing or removing hydrates.
What was the global average daily production of oil in 2011?
Name 4 components of a 1 stage refrigeration system.
This class of cement, according to API, is intended for use at 10000 to 14000 feet at high temperatures and pressures.
A blend of lubricating grease that is applied to threads of a pipe in order to make the joint leak proof and pressure tight.
Name the two ions involved in dolomitization.
According to OPEC, what is the 2012 estimated daily world oil demand?
The eastern offshore portion of the Wilmington field in Long Beach, CA consists of 4 man made islands. Which companies were th
What North African country ranks 9th in world oil reserves?
Identify yhe classifications of produced hydrocaron liquids and their associated API gravity rankings.
Installed at a depth of 8200 feet, name this FPSO that is the first of its kind in the Gulf of Mexico
This university won the inaugural PetroBowl in 2002
Identify two types of fixed cutter drilling bits.
This country is still the largest producer of natural gas in South America according to US Energy Information Administration
Give 2011 Saudia Arabian oil prduction and percent of world production this represents.
How many members does SPE have as of 2012?
This is defined as the pressure in the wetting phase minus the pressure in the non-wetting phase.
According to 2012 BP Statistical Report, name the region of the world that consumes the most coal and the leading consumer cou
Carbonate sedimentary rock composed of mostly calcite is known as what?
Name the second largest importer of LNG, behind Japan.
Recent discoveries have made Brazil an important Petroleum producing country. Name the President of Brazil.
What is the standard length of drill pipe?
An important region for Gazprom because it produces 95% of Russia's natural gas, name this region that is often associated with T
Name four flow patterns observed in multiphase flow.
An uncontrolled discharge of formation fluid out of the wellbore
The succesor of Umarau Yar'Adua and the leader of the administration that has aimed to end fuel subsidies in the country, name t
Drilled in October 1947 the historic Ship Shoal Block 32 well off Southeastern Louisiana gives this company the distinction of being
This artificial system uses a helical screw rotar to formed a travelling sealed cavity
The islands of the caribbean basin are predomenantly net energy importers with the exception of this island, the largest supplier o
The discovery this field, later renamed is his honor, caused President Luis Ignacio Lula DaSilva to proclaim it a second independenc
How many lives were lost at Deepwater Horizon Rig on April 20, 2010
Name up to 4 offshore basins in Brazil
Who invented the first roller cutter bit in 1909 that dramatically improved rotary drilling?
This is the act of pulling the drill string out of hole or putting it in the hole.
Identify the type of well that is equipped with pressure monitoring systems to determine the extent of propogation of the pressur
Which continent is currently the worlds largest petroleum consumer?
Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound was struck on March 24, 1989 by what?
The US imports about 9 billion barrels of crude oil a year. Which country is leading supplier to the US?
In the US, what is the criterion for an oil or gas well to be classified as a Stripper Well? State production period and rate.
The 2nd and 3rd largest oil fields in the world, according to Forbes, are in Iraq. Name them.
Linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, the Suez Canal is an important feature of global shipping lanes, within half a milli
This person is considered the father of the petroleum industry and lived from 1819 to 1880
In an impressively fast turnaround after 8 months of civil war, this African nations oil production had recovered by over 50% within
How many days did it take to control the Macondo Well through intercepting the wellbore with 1 of 2 relief wells?
What is welded to the first string of casing in the well and attaches the bop stack to the well?
Johanas Kuan was a Dutch scientist who discovered this phenomenon related to condensate reservoirs.
Name one of the two rigs Shell transported to Alaska in 2012 for Arctic drilling.
How many times per year is SPE magazine The Way Ahead published?
Name the company that owns the worlds biggest refinery with 1.24 million bpd.
Name the Prime Minister of Turkey
Which large US oil rich formation is described to look like an oreo cookie, representing to layers of black shale that leak oil into a c
Name the completion method which uses limited entry to a formation in order to stay away from unwanted reservoir fluids?
The measure of heat energy to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit is known as what?
Name four mechanisms that cause a reservoir to produce in it's initial phase.
Containing 4% of world oil reserves and name this country covering 1/8 of the world inhabitable land area.
Name this country known for owning 6.7% of world oil reserves and hosting the world's tallest building
Based on the degree of reservoir pressure maintenance provided by the aquifer, the natural water drive is often qualitatively desc
The analysis of pressure changes over time, especially those associated with small variations of volume of a fluid, is called what as
Name four internation oil companies that have signed contracts with Kurdistan, in defiance of Baghdad?
What is the API gravity of the benchmark crude West Texas Intermediate
What was the total depth of Chevron's Knotty Head #1 Discovery Well?
After a series of discoveries by Cairn Energy over the last decade, this block in Northwest India produces 175,000 bpd. Name it.
Which European country was second to impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing?
In a deep gas well, when high pressure gas over 7,000 psi enters the wellbore through perforations in the casing, it expands with l
Name the father of Standard Oil destroyer Ida Tarbell, who's business was destroyed by Standard Oil.
Which city will host ATCE in 2015?
With proven oil reserves of 175 billion bbl, this country is known for it's production of heavy hydrocarbons.
EOR methods can be grouped under 5 categorizes based on the set characteristics necessary for the EOR method to be successful
In April 2012 the EPA raised the allowable limit in gasoline of ethanol to what percentage?
The first casing shoe was invented in 1907. Who was the inventor?
Presiding over a country with a steep decline in oil production, name the President who assumed authority in Mexico in 2006
The Australian oil company Santos is an acronym that stands for what?
With untapped easy oil and proven oil reserves of 115 Billion bbl this country may become a top producer and exporter alongside
In oilfield lingo, what are workers laying cable and planting geophones known as?
If an operator signs to pay an exact cost to a contractor, regardless of any possible new expenses, the transaction is known as wha
According to the standard geologic time scale, what epoch are we currently in?
In April 2012 the president of the South American land of Gauchos announced plans to seize control of energy company YPF away
Who is the current CEO of ExxonMobil?
Rank the following from lowest to highet distillation temperature: Diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, naptha
Name the term that is used to describe the gas accumulated on the surface of a material, such as the grain of a reservoir rock, or
What are the units for the non-Darcy flow coefficient Beta that is used in Forcheimer's equation?
On the Udden-Wentworth classification of grain size, what lies between pebble and boulder?
What is the model used to estimate the pressure drop through perforations for wells that have not been stimulated?
Using real time data a driller can calculate the amount of energy required per unit volume of rock drilled in kilopound force per sq
The chloride concentration in drilling fluids can be determined by titrating with what chemical solution?
Which aquifer model is based on the premise that the water influx rate is directly proportional to the pressure drop between the
In 2009, SPE completed a merger that resulted in the aqcuisition of 4,500 members worldwide. Name the group that merged into
When was Ecopetrol established, what does it stand for, and what country is it based in?
The TIW valve on a drilling rig stands for this company founded in 1917.
What is the name for a cut off in time that has the effect of eliminating some kinds of noise from seismic data?
Name the man who in 1940 drilled the first directional well?
Name the special tool used by the rig crew to prevent the drill bit from turning.
Name the schools that have won petrobowl the past 4 years
Hydrates are icelike structures made of what?
What pressure and temperature change conditions lead to the formation of Natural Gas Hydrates
According to API, what class of cement is for use in depths to 6000 feet under normal conditions?
Refining of crude oil was initially focused on forming this substance, used primarily in lamps.
Name the first long distance pipeline, built in 1879 with a distance of 110 miles through Pennsylvania's Oil Regions
Name the "Colonel" who was the first person to drill and find oil in 1859.
Name the man who led the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company into the first production of crude oil.
This city was the site of the first successfully drilled oil well in 1859
Name the book and author tat was instrumental in the break up of Standard Oil into 33 different companies
The enforcement of this act led to the break up of Standard Oil into 33 different companies.
The first oil tanker, the Zoroaster, sailed out of this city on the Caspian Sea in 1878.
Drilling on this salt dome in 1901 led to the first Texas oil boom
This man, known as the "Oil King of Baku", challenged Standard Oil in the European oil markets of the late 19th century.
Name the largest importer of LNG
Name the largest exporter of LNG
Name the second largest exporter of LNG
Name the third largest exporter of LNG
During this process natural gas is condensed and cooled while harmful components such as dust, acid gas, helium, water, and hea
Liquified Natural Gas is stored close to atmospheric pressure. At what temperature is LNG stored?
Rank these three substances from greatest to least energy density: LNG, CNG, Diesel
How much larger is the energy density of LNG compared to CNG?
LNG's high energy density makes it cost effective to transport in areas without pipelines. What type of vessel must be used to tran
This phenomenon refers to the boiling off of LNG to maintain it's temperature.
This country has proven oil reserves of 173.1 billion barrels, which is the 3rd largest according to US Energy Information Associatio
This country has proven oil reserves of 297.6 billion barrels, which is the largest according to US Energy Information Association (2
This country has proven oil reserves of 265.4 billion barrels, which is the 2nd largest according to US Energy Information Associatio
This country has proven oil reserves of 154.6 billion barrels, which is the 4th largest according to US Energy Information Associatio
This country has proven oil reserves of 141.4 billion barrels, which is the 5th largest according to US Energy Information Associatio
This country has proven oil reserves of 101.5 billion barrels, which is the 6th largest according to US Energy Information Associatio
This country has proven oil reserves of 97.8 billion barrels, which is the 7th largest according to US Energy Information Association
This country has proven oil reserves of 80.0 billion barrels, which is the 8th largest according to US Energy Information Association
This country has proven oil reserves of 48.0 billion barrels, which is the 9th largest according to US Energy Information Association
This country has proven oil reserves of 37.2 billion barrels, which is the 10th largest according to US Energy Information Associatio
This country has proven oil reserves of 30.0 billion barrels, which is the 11th largest according to US Energy Information Associatio
This oil field, discovered in 1948, is thought to be the largest in the world with about 80 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
In 1946 Kuwait Oil Company started production of this oil field, the largest sandstone oil field in the world.
The predecessor company to BP was formed in 1908 after the discovery of a large oil field in Iran. What was the origional name of
Production from this mega oil field (11-13 billion bbl) in Kazakhstan's section of the Caspian Sea is slated to begin in late 2013.
Name 2 of the 4 largest oil fields in Kazakhstan
A 2009 report by the USGS stated that the tar sands in this basin contain 513 billion bbl of oil.
This mega oil field in Iraq, located near the Kuwaiti border, is being redeveloped by BP and CNPC to increase production to 2.85 m
90% of Iran's oil production comes from this region in western Iran.
This oil field in Iran's Khuzestan region is thought to produce over 300,000 bpd
A 2009 project built pipelines for the injection of 2 million bpd of seawater into this Saudi Arabian mega Oil field, boosting produc
This pipeline was built from 1974 to 1977 to transport oil from the Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska
What is the length and diameter of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System?
What are worldwide proven oil reserves according to the 2013 US EIA?
What pipeline, with a maximum discharge of 1 million bpd, connects Baku, Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea with Ceyphan, Turkey
In standard SI units, what is the specific heat capacity of water at room temperature?
The largest oil company headquartered in India, this company produces 72% of India's crude oil and 48% of its natural gas.
Which European company was first to impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing?
Name the current SPE President.
This four letter word could describe either a potato or a petroleum term for the very beginning of drilling a well.
What school has the most PetroBowl Championships with 3?
This term was coined by Italian businessman Enrico Mattei to describe the oil companies which dominated the global petroleum i
This organization, founded at the Baghdad Conference of 1960, has the purpose of coordinating the petroleum related policies of
This section of SPE organizes the PetroBowl competition.
Also known as a hydraulic workover, this involves forcing a string of pipe into the well against wellbore pressure to perform a down
This device is suspended from a hook so that its rotary mechanism is free to travel up and down the derrick.
Name the organization from which SPE began as a subcommittee.
Name the year and place of the founding of the institute mentioned in question 9.
In May 2012 this U.S. state became the first in the U.S. to ban hydraulic fracturing.
This fracturing technique was first used in 1997 in Texas' Barnett Shale and uses friction reducing chemicals to allow for more effic
Which city will host ATCE in 2016?
The secondary stage of recovery from a reservoir involves injecting what possible substances into a reservoir in order to push the
The tertiary stage of recovery from a reservior is also known as this three letter term.
Enhance Oil Recovery (EOR) has the purpose of changing what property of the reservoir fluid?
In drilling fluids, this term defines the true density of a circulating fluid due to the weight of the fluid and frictional losses.
This term is used to describe the pressure required to induce cracks in a rock at a given depth.
What is the normal hydrostatic pressure gradient of freshwater in psi/ft?
In drilling, this is the term used to describe the height of a fluid column.
This device is used to measure the viscosity of a fluid
How many gallons of oil in 5 barrels of oil?
In the United States, if oil is shipped in a drum it is usually one with this many gallons
How many cubic meters in 1 barrel of oil?
How many cubic feet in 1 barrel of oil?
Between 1889 and 1910, John D. Rockefeller gave multiple donations to fund the creation of this university.
For high velocity flow in porous media, inertial effects can become significant. Name the inertial term that is sometimes added to
On the Udden-Wentworth classification of grain size, what lies between silt and pebbles?
On the Udden-Wentworth classification of grain size, what lies between clay and sand?
On the Udden-Wentworth classification of grain size, rank the following size terms from smallest to largest: sand, pebbles, clay, bo
This procedure enhances production removing near well formation damage and increasing the effective well radius
This type of machine is used to determine the yield point and gel strength of a drilling fluid.
In drilling fluids, this device is used to separate components of a used drilling fluid to estimate the amount of fluid invasion from a
Name the three components measured at any given point in a wellbore in order to determine position in a directionally drilled we
This type of system is used to steer the drill bit while the pipe is rotating
After the 1991 Gulf War the United Nations redrew the border between Iraq and this country, placing 11 oil wells on their land.
This man who coined the term "seven sisters" to describe the giant oil companies of the 1950s, was the first president of ENI.
length2/time and kinematic viscosity
Casing Shoe
1.28571428571429 porosity = Vv/(Vv+Vg)
Soave
Calcium oxide, Silicon dioxide, Aluminum oxide, Ferric oxide
Tengiz
Coiled Tubing
75 billion barrels
Dry air, mist, foam, airlift, aerated mud
Bit balling
Eaton correlation
Pickup points on shivs and lap points on drum of draw works
Maria das Gracas Silver Foster
France
Pore volume
Bakken
Lime
Evaporite,
Glacial
18.5 million bbl/day
depressurization, heat, chemical inhibition, and mechanical
87 million bbl/day
Evaporator, condensor, compressor, heat exchanger
Class J
Pipe dope
Calcium and magnesium
88 million bbl/day
Texaco, Humble, Union, Mobil, Shell
Libya
Bitumen:
API<10
BW Pioneer
Texas
NaturalTech
diamond
Argentina
10.4 million bbl/day and 12%
110,000
Capillary Pressure
China
Limestone
South Korea
Dilma Rousseff
30 feet
Siberia
Bubbly, Slug, Plug, Churn, Stratified, Annular
Blowout
Goodluck Jonathan
Kerr-Mcgee
Progressive Cavity Pump
Trinidad and Tobago
Tupi
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Campos, Santos, Espirito-Santo, Camamu-Almada
Howard Hughes, Sr.
Tripping
Observation Well
Asia
Exxon Valdez
Canada
12 months, less than 10 bbl/day oil or 60,000 scf/day
West Qurna and Majnoon
1.8 million bpd
Colonel Edwin Drake
1.6 million bpd
83 days
Casing Heading
Retrograde Condensation
Kulluk and Noble Discoverer
3
Alliance Industries
Recep Erdogan
Bakken Shale
Partial Completion
BTU
Gas Cap Drive, Solution Gas Drive, Gravity Drive, Water Drive
Russia
UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Active, Partial, or Limited Water Drive
Pressure Transient Testing
ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Total, Genel Energy
39.6
34,000 feet
Rajasthan Block
Bulgaria
Joule-Thompson Effect
Frank Tarbell
Houston, TX
Canada
Gas based, water based, thermal, combinations, and other
15%
Rueben Baker
Felipe Calderon
South Australian North Territory Oil Search
Iraq
Jughustlers
Turn Key
Halocene
Repsol
Rex Tillerson
Diesel, jet fuel, naptha, gasoline
Adsorbed gas
1/length
Cobbles
Macwilliams model (?)
Mechanical specific energy
Silver Nitrate Solution
Fetkovich
Petroleum Society of Canada
1948, Empresa Colombiana de Petoleos, Columbia
Texas Iron Works
Tail mute
Robert Richardson
Bit breaker
Colorado School of Mines, UT, OU
Gas and water
Increase in pressure and decrease in temperature
Class A
Kerosene
Tidewater Pipeline
Colonel Edwin L. Drake
George Bissell
Titusville, PA
The History of Standard Oil by Ida Tarbell
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Baku, Russia (Azerbaijan)
Spindletop
Ludwig Nobel
Japan
Qatar
Malaysia
Indonesia
Liquefaction
-162 Celsius (-260 Fahrenheit)
Diesel, LNG, CNG
LNG is 2.4x more energy density than CNG
Cryogenic Sea Vessel (Tanker)
Auto-refrigeration
Canada
Venezuela
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Russia
Libya
Nigeria
Kazakhstan
Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia
Burgan Field
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Kashgan Oil Field
Kashgan, Tengiz, Kurmangazy, and Karachaganak
Orinoco River Basin (Venezuela)
Rumaila
Khuzestan
Ahwaz
Khurais
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)
800 miles and 24 inch diameter
1.638 trillion bbl
B-T-C Pipeline
4.1813 J/(g*K)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
France
Egbert Imomoh
Spud
University of Oklahoma
Seven Sisters
OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
GCS - Gulf Coast Section
Snubbing
Top Drive
AIME - American Institute of Mineral Engineers
1871 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Vermont
Slickwater Fracking
Dubai, UAE
Water or gas injection
EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery)
Viscosity (reduce to improve flow)
Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD)
Fracture Gradient
0.433 psi/ft
Hydrostatic Head
Viscometer
210 (42 gallons/bbl oil)
55
0.159
5.6
University of Chicago
Forchheimer term
sand
silt
clay, silt, sand, pebbles, cobbles, boulders
acidizing
Rheometer or viscometer
Retort
Depth, inclination, azimuth
Rotary Steerable System
Kuwait
Enrico Mattei
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What are two types of polymer flooding

What operating pressure differentiates matrix acidizing from fracture acidizing?

What piece of common production facility equipment is used to remove any free water in the produced oil?
Name 7 types of well logs

Name two types of resisitivity logs

Give the equation of cumulative oil recovery
To have max flow in a well bore, what pressure condition is needed? What is this called?
When do you use vogel's equation?
What are two types of perforating guns?

What is the density of 40 degree API gravity

What is the Buckley-Leverette Theory
What is the term for a mixture of HF and HCl as the main fluid in a matrix acidizing treatment
What piece of equipment is commonly used to dehydrate produced gas?
What is the equation for inflow performance relation
What are three types of commonly recognized decline curves?
Which measure of project profability is the discount (interest) rate at which the net present value equals 0?
What is commonly the first step in producing from a coal-bed methane field?
What method converts natual gas to clean diesel?
What type of reservoir is easily identified by the occurance of retrograde condensation?
In terms of spatial distrubution in the pore space, what are the three classifications for clays?
What is the most common fluid model in non-compositional simulation?
Which method of heavy oil production aims to upgrade the oil in-situ?
Interfacial Tension
Define Surface Tension
Name three ways to estimate gas in place
What is the original water found in a reservoir called?
What are two types of traps for oil?
What conditions are required for Darcy's Law?
Name 4 points on a binary phase diagram

What is a cricondentherm
What is a cricondenbar
What is a newtonian fluid?
What is a bingham Plastic?
Peak oil is named after which geophysicist?
Who is the current Saudi Oil Minister?
What large australian gas field is being developed as a joint venture among Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell?
What is the second-largest Oil & Gas company in Brazil?
What is the largest field in Venezuela
In what year was petroBras Formed?
Where is the Carioca/Sugarloaf Field?
In what basin were the Tupi and Jupiter fields discovered in?
What is the national oil company of ecuador
What is the name of Poland's gas monopoly?
Who is the EU energy commissioner?
Which company operates most extensively in France?
What is the name of the well of the BP oil spill?
What was the date of the BP blowout?
What is the name of the rig that blew out in the BP Oil Spill?
What service company owned Deepwater Horizon?
What service was Halliburton providing during the BP explosion?
What was the approximate water depth of the MC252 wellhead?
Who is the CEO of BP America
When was teh ExxonValdez Oil Spill
Besides the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf, which is the largest oil spill in history?
Who is T. Boone Pickens?
Alkaline flooding
Micellar-polymer flooding
Injection Pressure
Separator, free-water knockout
SP
Gamma Ray
Resistivity
Sonic
Density
Dipmeter
Microlog
Induction, Lateral
?
Well Flowing Pressure = 0; Absolute Open Flow Potential
When the wellbore pressure goes below the bubble point pressure because there are two phases
Casing Guns (hollow Carrier)
Tubing Gun (Expendable Carrier)
51.5 lbm/ft^3
(for fractional flow of immiscible fluids)
Mud Acid
Mol Sieve or Glycol Tower
J = q0/(Pe-Pwf)
Exponential, Hyperbolic, Harmonic
rate of return
Dewatering the field
Gas-to-liquid
gas condensate
Dispersed, structural, laminated
Black Oil
in-situ-combustion
when immiscible liquids interact with other liquids at an interface, a similar force exists at the phase boundary separating the two
work done per unit area in expanding surface of a liquid against its own vapor phase
P/z (horner) plots, Material Balance, Volumetrics
connate
Structural, Stratigraphic
Laminar flow, steady state, non-compressible, complete segregation
Critical Point
Bubble Point
Dew Point
Cricondentherm
Cricondenbar
Max temp at which two phases can exist
Max pressure at which two phases can exist
...
...
Hubbert?
...
Gorgon
OGX
Bolivar Costal Field
1953
Brazil
Santos
PetroEcuador
PGNiG
Gunter Oettinger
Total
MC252: Mississippi Canyon 252
April 22, 2010
Deepwater Horizon
Transocean
Cementing
5000
Bob Dudley
March 24, 1989
Kuwait, 1991--wells blown by Saddam Hussein
...
eparating the two phases
Drill Collars The rotating equipment components of a drilling rig are the swivel, k
Power The four main drilling systems are the hoisting system, the rotating sy
Hybrid The three main types of drill bit are the roller cone bit, the diamond
Derrickhand The operator manages the driling process. The drill site team include
shaker The mud return line returns to the mud and cuttings to the________
Drilling fluid __________ circulates down through the drill pipe, out through the
Rotary _________ drilling bacame standard after drilling at Spindletop prove
tripping out When a drilling crew pulls the pipe out of the well, they are _______
Turnkey This type of drilling contract requires the operator to pay the drilling
top drive On large rigs, the conventional swivel and rotary table arrangement a
Electrical The two primary transmission methods on a drilling rig are mechanic
Elevators Attached to the traveling block and hook are a set of drill pipe lifting
Viscosity A mud engineer is responsible for monitoring the mud weight, filtrati
Drawworks The hoisting system includes the derrick, the drilling line, and the __
Colonel Edwin Drake This man drilled the first well in the U.S. for the Seneca Oil Company
Turnkey contract requires the operator to pay the drilling contractor an agree
Bit The rotating system on a drilling rig consists of the swivel, Kelly, rotar
Top drive On large rigs, the conventional swivel and rotary table arrangement a
Electric The two primary methods of transmitting power from an engine to t
Power The drilling system includes four main systems, 1) hoisting, 2) Rotatin
Rat Next to the cellar, the crew usually digs another hole, much smaller i
Drilling line The hoisting system on a drilling rig include: 1) derrick, 2) Drawworks
1997 In what year did Chief Executive of BP John Browne announce that m
Swivel The _____ hangs from the drilling hook on the bottom of the travelin
Gas seeps oil that seems through the ground
Balakhani, Azerbaijan first modern oilwell was drilled here
Black City another name for Balakhani, Azerbaijan
Rock oil what flowed freely from "Oil Creek" in Titusville, Pennsylvannia
Brine another name for saltwater
Bed Rock the layer of rock beneath soil
Formation a location where oil is found
Drake drilled the first well in the United States for the Seneca Oil Company
Titusville a town in Pensylvannia credited for being the birthplace of the mode
Deeper Wells In Poland, once oil drilling became more advanced, ___ ___ began to
Spindletop dome with oil seepages in Texas, thick formation
Casing another name for piping
Spud the verb for beginning drilling
Wall cake strong sheath on the sides of the hole, much like plaster on walls of a
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Rock cuttings loose pieces of rock that resulted from drilling
Bail to remove cuttings from the hole
Soft bailing does not work in ____ rock because the rock wedges the bit i
Making hole industry term for drilling holes to reach formations
Rotary rig most common type of rig used today
Metallurgy the design, formation, and analysis of metals used in the oil and natu
Low-Alloy steels steels that are harder
High-Alloy steels steels that are resistant to corrosion
Yield Strength the point at which, when exceeded, a material will no longer comple
Tensile Strength the point at which, when exceeded, the material will break (Tensile T
Toughness a materials resistance to cracking, measured as the amount of energ
Hardness a material's resistance to indention, machining, or abrasion (Hardnes
Metal yield and tensile strength, toughness, and hardness are all mechanic
Molybdenum significantly increases high-temperature strength and hardenability o
Nickel added to increase toughness and resist cracking to metals
Chromium improves hardenability and resistance to oxidation and corrosion
Weaken Nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and phosphorous are all impurities that wea
Corrosion disintegration of a material due to chemical reactions with its surrou
Cathodic Protection the addition of magnesium or zinc to another metal; the magnesium
Inhibitors special chemicals added inside of pipes to help them resist corrosion
Service companies operator may hire these for specialized services in a drilling operatio
Company representative the person the operator has hired to by on site at all times
Toolpusher contractor's top managager on the drill site; responsible for the rig's
Driller subordinate only to the toolpusher; operates drilling machinery; man
Derrickhand looks after the mudpumps and sometimes monitords and records th
Rotary helpers also called floorhands and roughnecks; hangle the bottom of the pip
Roustabouts offshore, these people assist in loading and unloading equiptment on
Lease hands onshore roustabouts
Offshore installation managager offshore rig manager who has overall responsibility for the safety of
Drilling bid proposal process of well drilling begins with this; sent to several drilling contra
Footage contract also called meterage contract, the operator agrees to pay the contrac
Daywork Contract most common type of contract; operator pays the contractor an amo
Combination Agreement combines payment methods of footage and daywork
Hoisting, Rotating, Circulating, Power the drilling system include for things - what are they?
Derrick a permanent A-frame structure with legs that sit on the corners of th
Mast a portable A-frame structure that sits on the rig floor or on the groun
Flat time nonproductive time
Drilling line made of wound steel wire ranging in diameter from 7/8 to about 3.5
Supply reel spool that drilling line comes on
Deadline runs from the crown block to the supply reel
Fastline moves rapidly on and off the drum
Drawworks largest and heaviest component on the rig; houses drum and drilling
Catshaft powered shaft extending out of each end of the drawworks
Breakout Catheads loosen joints
Makeup Catheads tighten joints; tongs are used
Rotary table rotating system generally used is a powerful machine called a _____
Torque strong rotating force created by a rotary table
Drill String the entrie drill stem is refered to as a ____
Kelly a square or hexagonal-shaped pipe that rotates the stem and bit
Master Bushing Kelly bushing fits into part of the rotary table called the ____ ____
Slip placed on the pipe to prevent it from falling in the hole
Joints drill pipes and collars come in sections called ___
Drill collars used to put weight on the drill
Bit located at the bottom of the drill stem
Roller cone bit cone shaped steel device that turns as the bit rotates; several rows o
Diamond bits fixed head bit with industrial diamonds on the end
Hybrid bits bit that is a mix between roller cone and diamond/fixed bit
Mud pumps the heart of the circulating system
Standpipe rigid pipe that conducts mud from the pump up one leg of the derric
Rotary Hose Kelly hose, connected bt the standpipe and the swiveltop - flexible
Washpipe highpressure rotating seal that conducts fluids from rotary hose to ro
Mud return line returns the mud and cuttings to the shaker where the cuttings are se
Viscosity resistance to flow
Filtration rate water-loss properties; affects the ability of mud to build effective wa
Mud engineers these engineers monitor the muds viscosity, weight, filtration rate, an
Prime movers power comes from internal combustion engines called
Cellar creates room beneath the rig for installation of drilling equipment
Conductor pipe channel of underground pipes
Conductor hole the initial hole when drilling
Conductor casing piping that is used for the initial hole
Mousehole small rigs have these as a third hole; similar to rathole
Rigging up installation of the rig on the drill site
Spudding in beginning of drilling
Bottomhole assembly much heavier than drill pipe and must be housed in a fortified rack
Casing large-diameter steel pipe used to line or case the wellborn
Centralizers keeps casing in the center of the hole so the cement distributes even
Scratchers help remove wall cake from the side of the hole so the cement can fo
Float collar special coupling located one or two joints above the bottom of the c
Portland cement cement used in wells that dries under extreme conditions not using a
Tripping in after the casing has been placed, a smaller bit is put in that fits the c
Wireline logging electric logging; good for analyzing downhole formations
MWD a wireless, self-contained instrument that transmits mud pulse signa
LWD measurements on the drill string to determine the volume and type
Dry hole the well cannot produce oil or gas in commercial quantities
Pad drilling multiple wells are drilled near one another
California the first offshore well was drilled off the coast of _____ in 1897
Posted barge rig mobile offshore rig invented in 1948
Bottle-type submersibles bottom-supported offshore drilling rig that is pumped with water wh
Jack ups self-elevating offshore rigs; can drill in waters up to 550 ft, are highly
Swamp barges barges used in shallow waters
Drillship barges shaped like ships; stationed with anchors and dynamic positio
Dynamic positioning system with propellers that uses gps and hydrophones to measure a
MODU mobile offshore drilling unit
Semisubmersibles largest and most expensive MODU; used in rough waters
Rigid platforms types include steel-jacket, concrete gravity, and caisson-type platform
Compliant platforms types include the guyed-tower, tension-leg, and spar platform; are us
guyed-tower type of compliant platform that is much less expensive than a rigid p
tension-leg type of compliant platform that is affixed to the seafloor with steel te
spar type of compliant platform that is moored to seafloor with a counter
Trajectory path from rig site to target sites
Directional Driller the driller that plans the well trajectory while considering formations
Build rate the rate at which a well angle and depth increase
Offshore directional drilling operators to drill up to forty wills from one platform
Onshore directional drilling reduced the risk of harm to the environment
Horizontal wells these type of wells can cross parallel oil-containing fractures
Downhole motor common way to drill down a hole using a motor
Pushing the bit tool that creates lateral force at the bit to push against land below
Pointing the bit tool that creates lateral force by bending the shaft connected to the
Overbalanced density pressure created by mud density is kept at or more than .5 lb/gallon;
Managed pressure density mud density is about the same as pore pressure
Underbalanced density where the pressure created by the mud density is deliberately kept a
.5 pound per gallon the normal mud density
Deeper managed pressure drilling, wellbore strengthening, expandable casin
MPD (managed pressure drilling) solution to problem of lost circulation and well kicks
Multi-phase fluid drilling using fluid that includes air
Foam drilling a useful way to drill when water is limited; high lifting capacity
Spot oil to circulate oil down the drill stem onto a stuck pipe
Free-point indicator determines the point where a pipe is stuck
Complete the well perform all operations necessary to start well fluids flowing to surfac
Servicing replacing worn or malfunctioning equipment
Workovers expensive and extensive repairs
Barrel standard for measuring petroleum
Central pumping power oil industry's first way of pumping; steam engine with a wheel
Oil string (long string) final casing for most wells
Liner production casing often used in deeper wells; uses less pipe and requ
Production casing (external cement) create a complete seal between the reservoir and the inside of the c
Jet perforating jet of high-energy gas particles that create holes in casing or liner an
Tubingless completion well produces by flowing through the surface through production ca
Permanent packer a seal at the bottom of casing - cannot be removed without physicall
Retrievable packer a seal at the bottom of casing - can be unset and recovered from we
Unconsolidated Reservoir reservoir with small pieces of rock or sand
Gravel pack well-sorted sand that is pumped through perforations
Wellhead seals off the well
Mastervalve the main valve that oil will flow through
Choke controls the flow rate
Permeability ways to stimulate ____ are explosive fracturing, acidizing, and hydrau
Hydraulic fracturing fractures are created by high-pressure injection of fluids at rates that
Proppants (propping agents) holds a fracture open
Napalm the first fracturing fluid
Acidizing an acid reacts chemically with the rock to dissolve it
Carbonate Acidizing
Acid fracturing
Sandstone acidizing
Acetic acid
Ball sealers
Beam pumping (beam lift)
Gas lift
Plunger lift
Artificial lift
Depletion drive
Water drive
Solution-gas drive
Gravity drainage
Combination drive
Bottomhole pressure test
Waterflooding
Immiscible gas
Miscible gas
Chemical flooding
Caustic (alkaline) flooding
Steam injection
Fireflooding
Two-phase separator
Free-water knockout
Three-phase separator
Emulsifier
Heat and Electricity
Heater-Treater
Electrostatic treater
Paraffin
Indirect heater
Hydrate
Dehydration
Absorption
Adsorption
Sweetening
Chemical absorption
Physical absorption
Natural gas
Average sample
Running sample
Spot sample
Centrifuge test
Hydrometer
Fractional Analysis
rocks such as limestone and dolomite reacts with usually HCl
processed used only in carbonate reservoirs that involves fracturing
rocks such as clay, silica, and feldspar can be dissolved using HF; neve
for perforation cleaning
temporarily seal off a perforation
versatile and can lift fluids from both shallow and deep depths
can bring up thousands of barrels a day from any depth with proper
a method of lifting small volumes of liquid from a gas well or an oil w
common methods of artificial lift include beam pumping, electric sub
the expansion of the reservoir after fluid is produced - they were com
caused by fluid expansion; water causes oil to rise to surface
expansion of gas originally dissolved in oil
occurs in steeply dipping reservoirs where a well has been drilled in t
a combination of drives
uses a gauge to measure pressure at or near bottom of the well
used in depletion-drive oil reservoirs or in water drive reservoirs; inje
a gas that will not mix with oil
a gas that will mix with oil
general term for injection processes that uses special chemicals in w
chemicals react with natural acids in certain crude oils to form surfac
drive involving steam on the surface and forcing it down into wells re
fire is ignited place in the reservoir
machine that separates liquid from gas
a vertical or horizontal vessel that provides a space for free water to
vessel that separates free water (1), emulsion or oil (2), and gas (3)
mixture containing emulsifying agent
are used to help break emulsions
a three-phase separator with an internal fire-tube
three-phase separator with high-voltage electric grid
a white, hydrocarbon wax sometimes found in petroleum; harmful to
the most common type of equipment for heating has; simple, econo
solid crystalline compound formed by hydrocarbons and water at a p
the removal of water from gas
one type of dehydration; gas is bubbled through a liquid desiccant
one type of dehydration; water vapor laden gas is passed through a s
removal of acid and sour gases from natural gas is called _____ the g
the liquid absorbent reacts with the acid gases but not with natural g
the acid gases physically dissolve in the liquid absorbent and the nat
a mixture of methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentanes, nonanes
sample that consists of proportionate parts from all sections of the t
sample in a bottle taken while sample bottle is moving
sample obtained at a specific location in the tank
test that determines the S&W (salt water) content
measures the API gravity of the oil
a laboratory test that determines the exact composition of the gas
Gas metering the process of measuring the volume of natural gas flowing past a pa
Gas flow rate these are used to calculate gas flow rate - differential pressure, static
Truck-mounted rig small rig that usually rest on custom-built trucks
Trailer-mounted rig large rigs that sit on trailers pulled by tractors
Carrier Rigs rigs that have a built in cab for an operator so the rig can be driver fr
Wireline a strong, thin length of wire mounted on a powered reel at the surfa
Wireline jobs a ___ will perform are measure depth, temp, and pressure, logg
Snubbing units rigs that allow jointed pipes to be run into or pulled out of a well wh
Hydraulic unit type of snubbing unit that operates with a self-contained hydraulic sy
Rig-assisted unit type of snubbing unit that uses the rig drawworks in a block-and-pul
Workover fluid circulating fluid used in servicing and workovers
Plug-back cementing a process that places a cement plug at one or more points in a well t
Casing unlike tubing, _____ is often impossible to recover from the well, so
Dry trees wellheads above the ocean level
Wet Trees wellheads placed on the sea floor
Common hazard this includes driving, struck by an object, falls, fire and explosions, m
Process conditions this includes pressure, temperature, noise, and chemicals; these mus
Hazard areas includes fire work, welding, heights, confined spaces, driving, excava
Personal protective equipment workers are required to wear this; includes hardhat, steel-toe shoes,
Hot Work (Fire and Safe) permits issued after the area where fire will be has been thoroughly checked
In-service welding (hot tapping) welding while fluids are flowing through what is being welded
Lockout (tagout) programs are used to protect workers from unexpected releases of s
Blinding used on pipes and vessels to positively isolate work from process flui
 lling rig are the swivel, kelly, rotary table, drill pipe, bit, and _______________.
ng system, the rotating system, the circulating system and the _______system
r cone bit, the diamond bit, and the __________ bit.
he drill site team includes the Toolpusher, Driller, Rotary helpers, Roustabouts, and ______________. -
cuttings to the__________ where the cuttings are separated from the mud.
ll pipe, out through the bit, and back up the hole.
illing at Spindletop proved successful
e well, they are ___________.
erator to pay the drilling contractor an agreed amount when the well is finished. -
tary table arrangement are replaced with a powered swivel called a ___________.
drilling rig are mechanical drive systems and ____________ drive systems
a set of drill pipe lifting devices called ________________.
g the mud weight, filtration rate, solids content and the ___________ of the mud.
drilling line, and the _________.
the Seneca Oil Company
lling contractor an agreed amount when the well is finished. This type of contract states the contractor will furnish all the equipment, mate
of the swivel, Kelly, rotary table, drill pipe, drill collars, and the
tary table arrangement are replaced with a powered swivel called a ______________
wer from an engine to the rig component requiring power are by mechanical drive and ____ drive
ms, 1) hoisting, 2) Rotating, 3) Circulating, and 4)
her hole, much smaller in diameter than the conductor hole, and then lines it with pipe. This is called the ____hole, and it is where the kel
1) derrick, 2) Drawworks, 3)
Browne announce that mankind has made a discernible impact on the environment and that global warming has been the direct result?
he bottom of the traveling block by means of a large bail, or handle. The outside of this devise does not rotate, but the inside does. This de

ville, Pennsylvannia

he Seneca Oil Company

e birthplace of the modern oil industry
anced, ___ ___ began to provide a much better quality of crude

h like plaster on walls of a room

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he rock wedges the bit in the hole

s used in the oil and natural gas industry

ial will no longer completely return to its original shape after removing the applied load (Charpy Test)
erial will break (Tensile Test)
as the amount of energy a sample can absorb before rupturing
ng, or abrasion (Hardness Test)
ardness are all mechanical properties of metal
ngth and hardenability of metals
king to metals
dation and corrosion
re all impurities that weaken mechanical properties of metals
reactions with its surroundings
er metal; the magnesium or zinc will corrode first
elp them resist corrosion
ces in a drilling operation
ite at all times
responsible for the rig's overall operations and performance; also called the superintendant or rig manager
s drilling machinery; manages daily activities of derrikhand and rotary helpers
monitords and records the condition of the drilling mud; also, when drill pipe is removed from or put into hole, the derrickhand handles the
le the bottom of the pipe on the rig floor when pipe is removed from or put into hole; also repair equipment
unloading equiptment on and off the boat

sibility for the safety of all personnel onboard the rig

to several drilling contractors
agrees to pay the contractor a certain amount for each foot of hole drilled; riskier for the contractor than the operator because the operato
ys the contractor an amount per day to use the rig, regardless of work the rig is performing; contractor is paid by the hour instead of by the
daywork
are they?
at sit on the corners of the rig floor. Must be disassembled to move it from its sites
rig floor or on the ground; can be folded or collapsed for transportation

er from 7/8 to about 3.5 inches

houses drum and drilling line

the drawworks

machine called a _____

tes the stem and bit

e called the ____ ____
 in the hole

it rotates; several rows of teeth, or cutters; pieces on bit move

mond/fixed bit

p up one leg of the derrick to the rotary hose

he swiveltop - flexible
ds from rotary hose to rotating drill pipe
where the cuttings are separated from the mud

mud to build effective wall cake

weight, filtration rate, and solids content
nes called
of drilling equipment

to rathole

used in a fortified rack

e the wellborn
cement distributes evenly around the outside of the casing
ole so the cement can form a stronger bond
ove the bottom of the casing string and contains a valve that lets fluids pass down the string but prevents them from flowing up
me conditions not using air
it is put in that fits the casing, and finally placed IN the hole.
e formations
ansmits mud pulse signals up the hole and through the drilling fluid in the drill stem to a readout device at the surface; determines in 3 dire
ne the volume and type of hydrocarbons within the formation; includes natural gamma ray, resistivity, density, neutron porosity, velocity, m
rcial quantities

st of _____ in 1897

s pumped with water when it needs to be submerged and is emptied when it needs to be lifted and moved
s up to 550 ft, are highly stable, and are easily moveable

hors and dynamic positioning

drophones to measure a vessels whereabouts so the thrusters/propellers can move the vessel

ough waters
and caisson-type platforms; are used in shallow waters - non-moveable
and spar platform; are used in deep water because they yield to wind and water movement
expensive than a rigid platform
the seafloor with steel tendons
o seafloor with a counterweight

e considering formations to be drilled, mechanics, and limits of drilling tools

taining fractures

sh against land below

shaft connected to the bit, pointing it in the desired direction
r more than .5 lb/gallon; higher than pore pressure

sity is deliberately kept at less than pore pressure

hening, expandable casing, and liner drilling are all techniques that allow wells to be drilled ____

igh lifting capacity

ll fluids flowing to surface

gine with a wheel

s; uses less pipe and requires shorter installation time, therefore it is less expensive than production casing
r and the inside of the casing
oles in casing or liner and rock
e through production casing
moved without physically drilling it away
and recovered from well

rforations

ng, acidizing, and hydraulic fracturing

tion of fluids at rates that cannot be absorbed by the reservoir rocks
 with usually HCl
that involves fracturing of rocks using acids
dissolved using HF; never fractured bc of slow reaction rate

w and deep depths

m any depth with proper reservoir pressure; mixes natural gas and reservoir fluids
om a gas well or an oil will with a high gas-oil ratio
am pumping, electric submersible pumps, surface hydraulic pumps, progressive cavity pumps, gas lift, plunger lift
roduced - they were compressed, they are pushed out which expands the pocket called a reservoir
o rise to surface

well has been drilled in the downhill/downdip part of the reservoir

bottom of the well

ater drive reservoirs; injection of water into well to restore well pressure

es special chemicals in water to push oil out of the formation

crude oils to form surfactants within reservoirs
cing it down into wells reservoir

space for free water to settle out of the well stream

n or oil (2), and gas (3)

ctric grid
in petroleum; harmful to surface equipment; to avoid problems, steam and solvents are used
ating has; simple, economical, trouble-free
carbons and water at a particular temp and pressure; looks like dirty snow

ugh a liquid desiccant

gas is passed through a solid desiccant
gas is called _____ the gas
es but not with natural gas
d absorbent and the natural gas does not
ane, pentanes, nonanes, and decanes
rom all sections of the tank
is moving

omposition of the gas

ural gas flowing past a particular point
fferential pressure, static pressure, flowing temperature, gas density, size of meter run, and size of orifice

o the rig can be driver from location to location

owered reel at the surface of the well
emp, and pressure, logging, perforating, controlling sand and paraffin, fishing and retrieving junk, manipulating well pressure and flow
r pulled out of a well while the well is under pressure
elf-contained hydraulic system and uses single or multiple hydraulic cylinders to move the pipe in or out of the well
works in a block-and-pulley arrangement to move the pipe

r more points in a well to shut off flow; ability to shut off part of well instead of entire well
ecover from the well, so it must be fixed in place

s, fire and explosions, mechanized equipment, electrical, and process conditions

nd chemicals; these must be monitored to avoid injury
d spaces, driving, excavation
hardhat, steel-toe shoes, ear plugs, etc.
een thoroughly checked to ensure it is safe to house fire
at is being welded
unexpected releases of stored energy
e work from process fluids
 the equipment, materials, and people needed to drill the well.The contractor also controls the entire drilling operation with minimum ons

and it is where the kelly is stored when not in use.

n the direct result?

e inside does. This devise supports the drill string and is a conduit for drilling fluid, allowing everything below it to rotate.
rrickhand handles the top of the pipe from the mast

r because the operator pays the contractor the same amount regardless of how long it takes to drill the well
hour instead of by the foot or metre
 flowing up

e; determines in 3 directions - depth, north-south, and east-west

n porosity, velocity, magnetic resonance, and spectroscopy
pressure and flow
on with minimum onsite supervision by the operator and assumes all financial risk, adjusting the price to reflect the risks.