- Industry: Oil & gas
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The maximum stress allowed by code or other agreement or study as a fraction of test pressure. Design pressure of the system is related to hoop stress.
Industry:Oil & gas
The maximum stress that a material can withstand for an infinitely large number of cycles (NACE).
Industry:Oil & gas
The maximum stress that can be sustained for a specified number of cycles without failure.
Industry:Oil & gas
The measure of a fluid’s ability to resist flow without regards to its density. It is defined as a fluid’s kinematic viscosity multiplied by its density.
Industry:Oil & gas
The measurement of a wells deviation from vertical. When used with fluids, a positive number indicates upflow and a negative number may represent downflow.
Industry:Oil & gas
The measurement of the wetting phase currently on a formation. Wetting is driven by the fluid or the surfactants in the fluid in contact with the surface.
Industry:Oil & gas
The mechanical connection between the tree and the casing. May house tubular hangers, annular access valves. It is connected to the casing by welding, threads, hydraulic forming or set screws.
Industry:Oil & gas
The mechanism that provides pressure isolation between each casing hanger and the wellhead housing.
Industry:Oil & gas
The middle layer of the earth, laying just below the crust and composed of relatively high density rock.
Industry:Oil & gas
