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tons, 2 waiting on cement (WOC) condition, 159
tool joint, 108 walking bean, 15
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toolpush, 3 wall cake, 12
toolpushers, 3, 44 water wells, 75
top drives, 18, 117–118 weight indicator, 139
advantages of, 118 weight on bits and rotating speeds, 126
top-drive systems, 110 wellbore, 111
top drive system vs. rotary-table system, 152 well completion, 136, 173–178
top plugs, 159 completing a producing well, 173–174
topside, 92 perforating, 176–177
torque, 99 plugging and abandoning wells, 173
total depth (TD), 162 production tubing, 174–175
tours, 49 well testing and treating, 177–178
Townsend, James M., 9 well control, 183–188
transmission lines, 99 wellhead equipment, 128
traps, 60, 64–65 well logging, 165–167
well logging company, 42
traveling blocks, 100 wells, 1
trim, 54 well site, 9
triples (pipeline), 89 well-sorted rock grains, 58
tripping in, 46 well testing and treating
tripping out, 46 acidizing, 177
trips, 108 fracturing, 177
truncated layers, 62 gravel packing, 178
turnkey basis contracts, 40 well types, 69
turntables, 18, 111 whipstocks, 179
white gas, 57
whole coring, 170
vacuum degasser, 132 wildcatters, 65
value moment, 50 wild cat wells, 65
V-door, 110 wireline, 166
vugs, 59 work shifts, 50