دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: 1. a piece or several pieces of equipment performing a complete function (such as a beam pumping unit). 2. the joining of all or substantially all interests in a reservoir or field, rather than a single tract, to provide for development and operation without regard to separate property interests. 3. the area covered by a Unitization Agreement.

n: The average cost of drilling footage per meter,which is the main standard of measuring the cost of drilling engineering.

n: the value of a quantity conventionally accepted as having a numerical value of 1. The unit of measurement of a quantity is fixed in order to make quantitative comparison possible between different values of this same quantity.

n: the oil company in charge of development and production in an oilfield in which several companies have joined to produce the field. Also called crew chief, rig operator.

the oil company identified as the operator in a unitized field.

n: a federal agency involved in platform design. It also works to solve navigation problems. Address: 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW;Washington, DC 20314;(202) 761-0660.

n: (USCG) an agency of the United States Department of Transportation that establishes regulations for offshore vessels and approves standards for plan approval, construction, operation, and inspection of the hull, machinery, electric systems, industrial systems, and safety and lifesaving equipment of mobile offshore drilling units. The agency conducts rig stability tests, awards the original certification of the rig, and conducts annual inspections. It also establishes manning and personnel licensing requirements and investigates casualties. Address: 2100 Second Street SW;Washington, DC 20593;(202) 267-2229 or (202) 366-4000.

n: (USFWS) a federal service that oversees commercial fishing investigations, fishing research, fishing statistics, sport fishing, and other areas related to the fishing industry. It also conducts wildlife research, enforces federal statutes and regulations applying to migratory birds, maintains the official list of threatened or endangered species, acquires habitats for threatened or endangered species, operates the national refuge system, manages predator and rodent control work, evaluates the impact of offshore development on fish and wildlife, develops programs to protect fish and wildlife from oil spill, coordinates individual and state efforts to rescue and rehabilitate oiled birds, and administers federal aid programs. Address: MS 634 Arlington Square, 1849 C Street NW;Washington, DC 20240;(703) 358-1714.

n: (USGS) a federal agency within the Department of the Interior established in 1879 to conduct investigations of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the United States. Its activities include assessing onshore and offshore mineral resources;providing information that allows society to mitigate the impact of floods, earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, and droughts;monitoring the nations groundwater and surface water supplies and peoples impact thereon;and providing mapped information on the nations landscape and land use. Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive;Reston, VA 20192;(703) 648-4000.

n: the combining of leased tracts on a fieldwide or reservoirwide scale so that many tracts may be treated as one to facilitate operations like secondary recovery. Compare pooling.

form an operating unit with a operating company from a group of wells in the same field.