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438 Subject Index

jack-up rigs, 50 maturation, 19, 21
joints, 54 maximum cash exposure, 350
Joule-Thompson expansion valve, 216 maximum exposure, 356
juxtaposition, 103 MDT. See modular dynamic tester
mean time to failure, 320
measured depth, 154
karst, 107
karst structure, 78 measurement while drilling, 60, 149
karstification, 107 melting point, 116
keeper, 199 mercaptans, 112
kerogen, 21 metamorphosis, 105
key seating, 76 metering, 317
killing the well, 59 multiphase, 316
kinematic viscosity, 127 methane, 109, 110
knockout vessels, 275 microlog, 159
microscopic displacement efficiency, 218
migration, 19, 22, 37, 38
laminar, 75 primary, 22
laterolog, 164 milestones, 330
LCM. See lost circulation material minimum manning, 318
leads, 24 miscible fluid, 411
legislation, 400 miscible processes, 227
licence agreements, 9 mixing zone corrosion, 107
licensing round, 2 mobilisation, 79
lifting cost, 342 mobilisation cost, 79
line of sight communication, 319 mobility, 220, 226
liquefied natural gas, 287 ratio, 236
listric, 101 mode of operations and maintenance, 311
lithologic units, 153 modular dynamic tester, 151
LNG. See liquefied natural gas Money of the Day (MOD) cashflow, 360
loan capital (debt), 338 monitoring, 314, 386
logging monitoring and control, 314
through casing, 147 monobore completions, 392
wireline, 146 Monte-Carlo simulation, 184
logging while drilling, 149, 151 MTF. See mean time to failure
logistics, 318 mud, 56
lost circulation, 78 cake, 148
lost circulation material, 78 filtrate, 148, 167
lost time incident, 83, 85 invasion, 167
LTI. See lost time incident pulse telemetry, 150
lump sum, 335 weight, 79
LWD. See logging while drilling mudlogging, 144
multi-azimuth surveys, 33
macroscopic sweep efficiency, 218 multi-lateral wells, 68, 394
magnetic multiple-deterministic method, 380
anomalies, 24 multiples, 38
surveys, 26 MWD. See measurement while drilling
maintenance, 312, 320
breakdown, 321 N/G. See net to gross
costs, 322 naphthenes, 111, 113
criticality, 320 naphthenic, 113
failure mode, 321 National Oil Companies, 2
objectives, 312 natural aquifer, 388
preventive, 322 natural gas liquid
strategy, 320, 321 fractionation plant, 285
management, 325 recovery, 285
managing the field, 141 natural water drive, 208
manning, 318 net oil sand, 174, 176, 177
maps, 156 net present value, 354, 355, 412
market forces, 400 net sand, 158
material balance, 203, 215, 387 net to gross ratio, 153, 159
matrix, 133 neutron tool, 162