- 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.
the addition of a length of drill pipe or tubing to the active string using the rathole instead of the mousehole, which is the more common connection. Compare mousehole connection.
Industry:Oil & gas
a tubular device that, when lowered to a selected depth within a well, is engaged forcing the projectiles (bullets) through the casing and cement to provide holes through which the formation fluids may enter the wellbore.
Industry:Oil & gas
a large funnel- or cone-shaped device into which dry components (such as powdered clay or cement) can be poured to later mix with water or other liquids. The dry component is educted through a nozzle at the bottom of the hopper.
Industry:Oil & gas
a small, usually truck-mounted rig, the purpose of which is to drill ratholes for regular drilling rigs that will be moved in later. A rathole rig may also drill the top part of the hole, the conductor hole, before the main rig arrives on location.
Industry:Oil & gas
a circular device with a frictional gripping arrangement of slips and packing rings used to suspend casing from a casing head in a well.
Industry:Oil & gas
the generally horsehead-shaped steel piece at the front of the beam of a pumping unit to which the bridle is attached in sucker rod pumping.
Industry:Oil & gas
a heavy, flanged steel fitting connected to the first string of casing. It provides a housing for slips and packing assemblies, allows suspension of intermediate and production strings of casing, and supplies the means for the annulus to be sealed off. Also called a casing spool.
Industry:Oil & gas
