Glossary
Browse the IADC Lexicon alphabetically or by category. Get comprehensive definitions of drilling industry terms.
A
- Atmosphere, Explosive
- AFCI
- Arc-fault circuit interrupter
- Apparatus, Intrinsically Safe
- Aluminum, Copper-free (or low copper content)
- Adjustable Speed Drive
- ASD
D
- Device, Sealed
- Device, High-Temperature
- Device, Hermetically Sealed
- Device, Arcing
- Deadlegs
- Damage Rate
- Damage Mechanism
E
- Enclosure, Purged and Pressurized
- Enclosure, NEMA Type
- Enclosure, Explosionproof
- EMAT
- ECSCC
- Examinations
- Examination Point
I
- Intermittent Service
- Injection Point
- Industry-qualified UT angle beam examiner
- Integrity Operating Window
- IOW
- Inspection Deferral
- Inspection Code
M
- Maintenance, Operational
- Maintenance,Corrective
- Minimum Bending Radius
- Mixing Point
- Minimum Required Thickness
- Minimum Alert Thickness
- Material Verification Program
P
- Protection, Type of
- Protection, Special
- Pressurization, Type Z
- Pressurization, Type Y
- Pressurization, Type X
- Prototype Rope
- PRT