OIL EXPLORATION

23:37 minutes

TERMINOLOGY: energy, ground, geologist, coal, natural gas, uranium, oil & gas, to supply, to drill, density, porosity, permeability, seismic reflection, mass per unit, gravity, to dig, sponge, to squeeze, bubble wrap, 

casing, sandstone, shale, clay, sand, to soak up, reservoir rock, cap rock, to seal, well, Beverly Hill´ s Show, to swell, shallow. ultrasound, device, sound wave, receiver, to bounce, hammer, geophone, seismograph, sediment, 

seismic wave raypath, plate, to image, strata, underground, layer, pain the neck, flat, oil & gas trap, 

FUNDAMENTALS OF UPSTREAM 

OIL & GAS

9:22 minutes

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TERMINOLOGY: upstream, Dough Stetzer, EKT Interactive, E&P, drilling, unconventional techniques, oilfield services, asset, crude oil, natural gas, wells, to drill, to manage, footprint, EDP sector, a lease, onshore, offshore, acreage, survey, wildcat well, borehole, ground 

rig contractor, service company, mother hole,horizontal wells, vertical wells, deviated wells, reserves, subsurface, reservoir, hydrocarbon, marketable, fracking, subsea, drill pad footprint, to enable, rock formation, shale, deepwater drilling, water depth, high risk,  

high return, pricing, taxation, stringent, majors, NOCs, to complete a well, supply company, well site, 

OIL DRILLING

8:21 minutes

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TERMINOLOGY: geologist, geophysicist, trapped, reservoir rock, to drill, substratum, topography, thickness, geological layer, driller, field, the derrick, drilling rig, drill string, screw, tube, hoist, mobile hoist, hook, injection head, mud injection, rotary table, drill train, draw works, 

engine, mud pump, quagmire, rotary drilling, drill tool, drill bit, hand drill, the drive, to crush, tubing, cement retainer,  drill stem, assembly, cone, abrasion, a gushing of, pipe, cuttings, core sample, hollow tool, core sampler, permeability, fluid content, to undertake, to log, logging, 

log enginner, casing, to isolate, flow check, manometer, effluent pressure, appraisal, to give up, to envisage, fixed platform, self-elevating platform, semi-submersible platform, Dynamic positioning vessel, 

CASING & CEMENTING

20:30 minutos

TERMINOLOGY: well, casing, wellbore, cave in, seal-off formation, crew, annulus, harden, steel pipe, rig, joint, to couple, threaded connection, coupling, casing collar, drill collar, float collar, heavy-duty, casing slip, spider, to make up,  speed power, tongs, to torque, depth, string, conductor casing, surface casing, to pull out, full lenght, formation,, 

crumble, fresh water, troublesome, mud, to isolate, to decrease, to hammer, a bit, regulatory agency, inch, feet, to nipple up, wellhead, BOP stack, to withstand, to encounter, to fit, adapter, casing head, drilling spool, to stack on, anchor, to house, operator, well completed, well completion, to flow, liner, liner hanger, guide shoe, fitting, rough spot, to ledge,

float shoe, valve, hollow steel boat, to cut down, hoisting equipment, to crush, to offset, hydrostatic pressure, float valve, centralizer, to lean against, drag, stricking, permeable formation, to bond, scratcher, wall cake, the driller, to lessen, the load, liquid cement slurry, pump unit, wiper plug, to release, fluid inlet, to rupture, 

WELL LOG INTERPRETATION

19:11 minutos

*Close to reality when interpreting for PEMEX.

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