Tell-tale:

Also called tattle-tale.

Terms Related to Tell-tale

• 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 ...

• Screen liner

  A pipe that is perforated and often arranged with a wire wrapping to act as a sieve to prevent or minimize the entry of sand ...

• 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, ...

• Tighten up

  To add oil to a system, which causes the oil to break out and rise to the surface.

• Oil operator

  Also called operator. See operator.

• Shale shaker

  A vibrating screen used to remove cuttings from the circulating fluid in rotary drilling operations. The size of the openings in the screen should be ...

• 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, ...