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moon pool

A walled round hole or well in the hull of a drill ship (usually in the center) through which the drilling assembly and other assemblies pass while a well is being drilled, completed, or abandoned from the drill ship.

oil pool

The accumulation of oil in the pores of sedimentary rock that yields petroleum on drilling. Not a pool or pond in the ordinary use of the term.

poor boy

In general, the term "pool" is synonymous with the term "reservoir"; however, in certain situations, a pool may consist of more than one reservoir.

pool

Abbreviation: pull-out-of-hole

spacing

Distance between wells producing from the same pool (usually expressed in terms of acres, e.g., 10-acre spacing).

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