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E explosive sidewall coring, 237–238
eyewash station, 335
earth structure, 2
elastic limit, 319 F
elasticity, 319
electric logs, 50, 239–240
electrical equipment, 339–340 faults, 5

electrical logging, 227, 239–240 filter press, 166, 167

electrical logging tools fire drills, 336–337

conventional wireline logging, fish, 320
246–247 in hole causes, 321

electrical potential tools, 246 fishing, 153
logging using drillpipe or coiled considerations for radioactive
tubing, 247–248 sources, 327
logging while drilling, 249 economics of, 326–327
mechanical tools, 243–245 magnet, 324
radioactivity tools, 243 overview, 320–321

resistivity and induction tools, fishing tools
240–241 drilling, milling and smashing junk,
sonic tools, 241–242 325–326

temperature log, 246 fishing for wireline and logging
electrical work, 338 tools, 326
elevator, drillpipe, 138, 139 inside catch tools, 323

emulsifiers, 162 outside catch tools, 321–323
environmental impact studies, 344–345 washover and basket tools, 324–325

environmental issues. See safety fishtail bits, 141, 143, 145

equipment fixed costs, 295

certification, 339–340 fixed cutter bits

electrical, 339–340 fishtail bits, 141, 143, 145
lifting, 339 matrix body bits, 143
ordering (land well), 54 natural diamond bits, 141, 143, 144,
equivalent circulating density (ECD), 145
308 overview, 141, 143
evaluation polycrystalline diamond compact
electrical logging, 227, 239–249 bits, 103, 141, 143–144, 145

overview and summary, 227, 253 fixed pipe ram, 260, 261

physical sampling at surface, 227, flat time, 291

228–233 flat-bottomed mill, 325

physical sampling down hole, 227, flat-time operations, 291

233–239 float collar, 74, 218

production testing, 227, 249–253 float shoe, 68, 217, 218, 222

technique categories, 227 float valves, 68, 74, 217, 218

evaporites (salts), 11–12 floating rig
exploration well, 33. See also land drilling, 92–107
exploration well shallow gas on, 277
explosive backoff, 245 subsea blowout preventer system,
explosive sidewall core bullet, 237 266

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