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Terms Related to Location

• Dynamic positioning

  A method by which a floating offshore drilling rig is maintained in position over an offshore well location without the use of mooring anchors. Generally, ...

• Company man

  The representative of the oil company or operator on a drilling location. For land operations, the company man is responsible for operational issues on the location, ...

• Company representative

  An employee of an operating company whose job is to represent the company's interests at the drilling location.

• Tell-tale

  Terminology used to describe a screen that, when packed off by gels, will give a pressure rise at the surface, thereby "telling" the tool operator ...

• Casing seat

  The location of the bottom of a string of casing that is cemented in a well. Typically, a casing shoe is made up on the ...

• Jackup drilling rig

  A mobile bottom-supported offshore drilling structure with columnar or open-truss legs that support the deck and hull. When positioned over the drilling site, the bottoms ...

• Stabilizer

  1. A tool placed on a drill collar near the bit that is used, depending on where it is placed, either to maintain a particular ...