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3-D seismic
A
abandoned well
abandonment pressure
accredited investor
accumulator
acid job
acquisition
acquisition costs
acreage
acre-foot
allowable
American Petroleum Institute (API)
annulus
anticline
API gravity
API well number
appraisal well
arms-length transaction
artificial lift
Authority for Expenditures (AFE)
azimuth
B
barrel (bbl)
basement
basin
bbl/d
BCF
BCFE
bed
bedding plane
behind pipe
benchmark crude oil
biostratigraphy
bit (drill bit)
blowout
blowout preventer stack (BOP)
blue-sky laws
BOE
BOPD
bore hole
bottom hole
bottom hole assembly (BHA)
bottom hole pressure (BHP)
bottom hole pump
brackish
bridge plug
brine
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
broker
broker dealer
brokerage firm
bushing
C
caliper log
carbonate
carbon dioxide (CO2) flood
carried working interest
cased hole
casing
casing head
casing head gas
casing point
casing pressure
casing string
cellar
cement bond log
cement job
chalk
choke
choke manifold
christmas tree
circulate
clastic rock
coiled tubing unit
commercial well
commingle
commission
company man
completion
completion fluid
completion packer
compliance officer
compressor
condensate
condition
continuous resource
conventional resource
core
core analysis
cross section
crown block
crude oil
cubic foot
curve
cuttings
D
darcy
datum
days from spud (DFS)
delineation well
deliverability
depletion
derrick
derrickman
developed reserves
development costs
development well
deviated well
dew point
diamond bit
dip
direct offset
Direct Participation Programs (DPP)
directional survey
directional well
discovery well
disposal well
doghouse
downdip (DD)
downstream
drawworks
drill
drill ahead
drill collar
driller
driller’s console
drill floor
drilling contract
drilling contractor
drilling crew
drilling line
drilling mud
drilling permit
drilling rig
drill pipe
drill string
dry gas
dry hole
dual completion
due diligence
E
economic limit
electrical log
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
electric submersible centrifugal pump
enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
exploration
exploratory drilling
exploratory well
explosive fracturing
F
farmout
fault
field
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

fish
flare
flowline
fluid loss
formation
formation damage
formation pressure
formation water
frac fluid
frac job
frac tank
fracture
G
gamma ray log
gas conditioning
gas lift
gas unit
gas well
gas/oil ratio (GOR)
gatherer
General Partner
geologist
geophysicist
geopressured
geosteering
gravel packing
growth fault
gyroscope
H
horizontal well
hydraulic fracturing
hydrocarbons
hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
I
impermeable
impression block
inclination
individual investor
induction log
infilling well
initial production (IP)
injection well
intangible development costs
intermediate casing
investor
isopach
J
jet perforating gun
Joint Operating Agreement (JOA)
junk
K
kelly
kelly bushing (KB)
kick
kickoff point (KOP)
kill mud
kitchen
L
landman
lateral
lease
liability
limestone
limited liability
limited partner
limited partnership
liner
location
log analysis
lost circulation
lost pipe
M
make a connection
Managing Partner
marl
mast
master bushing
MCF
MCFD
measured depth (MD)
measurement while drilling (MWD)
mineral interests in properties
mineral lease
mineral rights
MMCF
MMCFD (MMcf/d)
monkey board
mousehole
move out
mud (drilling mud)
mud cake
mud-gas separator
mud log
mud motor
mud pit (tank)
mud pump
mud return line
multiple completion
N
NASD
native mud
natural gas
natural gas liquids (NGL)
net pay
net reserves
net revenue
net revenue interest (NRI)
New Account Information Form
O
offering
offering document
offset
off structure
oil field
oil in place (OIP)
oil shale
oil well
on structure
open hole
operating agreement
operating expenses
operator
overbalance
overproduction
P
P&A (Plug & Abandon)
packer
pay
PDNP
PDP
perforated liner
perforating gun
perforation
permeability
petroleum
pinchout
pipe rack
pipe ramp
play
plug back
pooled unit
pore
portfolio
porosity
possible reserves
pour point
ppm
pre-discover costs
pre-production costs
pressure
primary production
primary term
prime movers
Private Placement Memorandum (PPM)
probable reserves
producing property
production
production casing
production cost
production payment
production tree
proppant

 proration unit
prospect
prospecting costs
proved reserves
psi
PUD
pump jack
R
rate-regulated pipelines
rat hole
ream
recomplete
recoverable oil
recovery factor
refined petroleum products
Regulation D (Reg. D)
registered representative
reserve pit
reserves
reservoir
reservoir rock
residual gas
resistivity log
rig down
rig floor
rig up
risk
rotary drilling rig
rotary table
roughneck
royalty
royalty interest
S
safety slide
salt dome
salt water disposal well
sandstone
saturation
secondary recovery
secondary term
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
sedimentary rock
seep
seismic
separator
service rig
service well
set casing or set pipe
shale
shale shaker
shelf
shield
shoe
shot point
shut in (SI)
sidetrack drilling
solution gas
sonic log
sour crude
sour gas
source rock
spiking
spontaneous potential log
spot price
spud
spud date
squeeze cementing
stabilizer
stake a well
standard cubic foot
stock tank barrel (STB)
steam drive or steam flood
step out well
stimulation
stock tank
strata
stratigraphic cross section
stratigraphic test well
strike
stripper well
structural cross section
stuck pipe
sub
subscription amount
subscription document
substandard acreage
sucker rod
sucker rod pump
suitability
suitability violation
surface casing
surface rights
sweet crude
sweet gas
sweetening
swivel
syncline
T
tag
tangible development costs
tank battery
tar sand
TCF
tertiary recovery
therm
tight formation
tight sand
tongs
toolpusher
top drive
torque
total depth
trap
trip in
trip out
true vertical depth (TVD)
tubing
tubing head
tubulars
turnkey contract
U
underbalance
underproduction
undeveloped property
undeveloped reserves
unfinished oil
unit
updip (UD)
upstream
V
V-door
W
walking beam
waterflooding
water tank
water well
waxy crude oil
well bore
well control
wellhead
wellhead price
well log
well site
West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
wet natural gas
wet well
wildcat
wiper
wiper plug
wireline
wireline log
wireline swab
Working Interest (WI)
workover
workover rig
Z
zone
  

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