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Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global Standards
Downhole device to provide communication/isolation between annulus and work string.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsControlled list of components of an assembly.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsMaterial or components that have undergone the same process or series of processes and are traceable to one batch of material.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsDesign of a specified size, type, and model of a downhole well test tool that meets the requirements of this specification.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsA condition in which a tool has an atmospheric or nonpressure balanced chamber, or seals having multiple sealing elements in a common seal gland, or seal systems having multiple seal glands where an atmospheric space can exist between glands.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsA downhole well test is an operation deploying a temporary completion in a well to safely acquire dynamic rates, formation pressure/temperature, and formation fluid data.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsA cylindrical body with a tapered inner surface, either one piece or segmented, that supports the slips.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global StandardsA device for the purpose of suspending tubular goods of any type from the rotary table, not capable of being used as elevators, that have some element on the internal diameter to grip the outer diameter surface of the pipe body of various tubular goods, and a tapered outside diameter to fit inside slip bowls that are operated manually or by spring(s) and/or pneumatic or hydraulic power that are installed above, on, in, or partly in the master bushing.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global StandardsThe combination of rotary slips and their accompanying slip bowls.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global StandardsThe primary load-bearing components for a mud pump shall be defined as those containing the discharge pressure, with the exception of expendable items and closure components such as liners, pistons, piston rods, packing, packing glands, valves and seats, covers, heads, clamps, bushings, plugs, and fasteners.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global StandardsAn adapter that is fitted in the master bushing and by either square, pin, or other method, transmits torque from the rotary table to the kelly; simultaneously, it allows vertical movement of the Kelly when it works down.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global StandardsThe temperature below which elastomers exhibit brittle, glass-like behavior.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global StandardsFactor to account for a certain safety margin between the maximum allowable stress and the minimum specified yield strength of the material.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global StandardsSource:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global Standards
A material for which properties vary with changes in test direction relative to an initial datum.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment, Sixth Edition, December 2015. Global StandardsHelicopter Underwater Egress Training. Entrenamiento brindado a todo el personal que sea habitualmente transportado en helicópteros sobre el agua, con el propósito de prepararlo para una evacuación de emergencia en caso de un aterrizaje de emergencia, tanto controlada como no controlada, sobre el agua.
Source: Resolución Número 40687 de 18 Jul 2017 Por la cual se establecen los criterios técnicos para proyectos de perforación exploratoria de hidrocarburos costa afuera en Colombia. Columbia Ministerio de Minas y Energia, RegulationsSource:API RP T-1, Creating Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore, Fifth Edition, November 2016. Global Standards
The place an employee reports to before being transported to the offshore facility.
Source:API RP T-1, Creating Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore, Fifth Edition, November 2016. Global StandardsA program of introduction for newcomers.
Source:API RP T-1, Creating Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore, Fifth Edition, November 2016. Global StandardsPlace of work offshore in the outer continental shelf or international waters.
Source:API RP T-1, Creating Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore, Fifth Edition, November 2016. Global Standards