Category: Oil and Gas business

Layers of rocks that have been moved by the action of faults show displacement on either side of the fault surface.

a cementing method based on replacing the drilling mud with cement in a manner that ensures the cement remains clean and retains its properties.

An oil well-surveying method that determines the direction and angle of a formation dip in relation to the borehole. It records data that makes it possible to calculate both the amount and direction of the formation dip relative to the axis of the hole and thus provides information about the geologic structure of the formation.

Such as when a foreign O&G company signs a gas sales agreement to deliver gas to a national oil company for the domestic market

A long chain hydrocarbon polymer injected into the oil to reduce the energy loss due to turbulence in the oil.

Type of drilling which does not use circulation drilling fluids

Decision to either drill the well if it can be done economically or to drop the project