Pit volume totalizer (pvt):

See pit-level indicator.

Terms Related to Pit volume totalizer (pvt)

• Pit-volume recorder

  The gauge at the driller's position that records data from the pit-level indicator.

• Pit-level indicator

  One of a series of devices that continuously monitor the level of the drilling mud in the mud tanks. The indicator usually consists of float ...

• Indicator

  1.a dial gauge used on the rig to measure the hookload. 2. Substances in acid-base that, in solution, change color or become colorless as the ...

• Compressability factor

  The ratio of the actual volume of gas at a given temperature and pressure to the volume of gas when calculated by the ideal gas ...

• Free-point indicator

  A device run on wireline into the wellbore and inside the fishing string and fish to locate the area where a fish is stuck. When ...

• Positive-displacement meter

  A mechanical fluid-measuring device that measures by filling and emptying chambers of a specific volume. The displacement of a fixed volume of fluid may be ...

• Replacement

  The process whereby a volume of fluid equal to the volume of steel in tubular and tools withdrawn from the wellbore is returned to the ...