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Hydrochloric acid is pumped into the oil-bearing rock. The acid dissolves limestone in the producing zone which increases porosity thus the oil and/or gas can flow into the well bore with less restrictions.</p> <p><strong>BLOWOUT PREVENTER</strong> – a large, specially designed valve that is mounted on top of the well during the drilling and completion stages of operation. The operator can close this valve to stop the flow of oil or gas in case of emergency.</p> <p><strong>BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE</strong> – reservoir pressure at the bottom of the well.</p> <p><strong>CASING</strong> – steel pipe that screws together and is lowered into the hole after drilling is complete. It is used to seal off fluids and keeps the hole from caving in.</p> <p><strong>CASING POINT</strong> – point in time after a well has been drilled to its objective depth where the Operator must decide whether to commit additional dollars to “setting pipe” and attempt a completion or to abandon the well as non-commercial.</p> <p><strong>CEMENT OR SET PIPE</strong> – a process whereby cement is pumped between the walls of the hole and outside of the casing. Upon hardening, the cement holds the pipe in place and prevents fluid movement in the hole.</p> <p><strong>COMMERCIAL WELL</strong> – a well that is capable of producing enough oil and gas to be economically viable to operate.</p> <p><strong>COMPLETION</strong> – a general term referring to all activities necessary to put a well into production after it has been drilled to casing point.</p> <p><strong>COST DEPLETION</strong> – the reduction in quantity of mineral deposits from estimated recoverable reserves percentage depletion.</p> <p><strong>PERCENTAGE DEPLETION ALLOWANCE</strong> – a statutory allowance granted on taxable income from oil and gas by the Federal and most State Governments.</p> <p><strong>DEPOSIT</strong> – an accumulation of oil, gas or other minerals that is capable of production.</p> <p><strong>DEVELOPMENT PROSPECT</strong> – a project that extends production of a producing oil or gas field including drilling additional wells or enhancing production of current wells.</p> <p><strong>DEVELOPMENTAL WELL</strong> – a well drilled to a known producing formation in an existing oil field.</p> <p><strong>DISCOVERY WELL</strong> – an exploratory well that results in production from a previously unknown deposit.</p> <p><strong>ELECTRIC LOG</strong> – an electrical survey made on uncased holes. A special tool is lowered into the hole that ejects an electrical current into the rock and records its resistance to the current. Geologists use the survey data to determine the nature of the rock and its contents.</p> <p><strong>HELD BY PRODUCTION (HBP)</strong> – Acreage that has been drilled on; Leases are held in perpetuity as long as the wells continue to produce</p> <p><strong>GAS WELL</strong> – a well that produces natural gas that is not associated with crude oil.</p> <p><strong>HYDRAULIC FRACTURING or FRAC’ING</strong> – the process of pumping fluids into a productive formation at high rates of injection to hydraulically break the rock. The “fractures” which are created in the rock act as flow channels for the oil and gas.</p> <p><strong>INTANGIBLE DRILLING COSTS (IDC)</strong> – all cost incurred in drilling a well other than equipment or leasehold.</p> <p><strong>INITIAL PRODUCTION (IP)</strong> – production from a well is generally broken down into three categories: a) Flush or Initial, b) Settled, C) Stripper. A well cannot maintain the flow rates it made during the first stages of its life.</p> <p><strong>NET PRODUCTION</strong> – Amount of oil and/or gas a well generates that is owned and available for distribution after taxes, royalties, expenses are paid.</p> <p><strong>NET REVENUE INTEREST (NRI)</strong> – percentage of production revenues allocated to the working interest after first deducting proceeds allocated to royalty and overriding interests.</p> <p><strong>OFFSET WELL</strong> – well location adjoining another well site.</p> <p><strong>OIL GRAVITY</strong> – the most widely used indicator of a crude oil’s worth to the producer. Normally, the price that a producer receives for his oil depends on its gravity, the less dense oils (higher gravity) being the most valuable.</p> <p><strong>OIL & GAS LEASE</strong> – a contract between an oil operator and a mineral owner that gives the operator the right to drill for oil and gas on the property.</p> <p><strong>OPEN ACREAGE</strong> – Acreage that has yet to be drilled on; Leases will expire on expiration date if drilling has not occurred.</p> <p><strong>OPERATING EXPENSE</strong> – the expenses incurred through the operation of producing properties.</p> <p><strong>PAYOUT</strong> – when the costs of drilling, producing, and operating have been recouped from the sale of oil and/or gas from a well.</p> <p><strong>PERMEABILITY</strong> – measure of the resistance of rock to movement of fluids. Rocks may have holes in them (porosity), but if these holes do not connect, the permeability can be drastically reduced.</p> <p><strong>POROSITY</strong> – a measure of the relative volume of void space in rock to the total rock volume. These spaces or pores are where oil and gas accumulate; therefore, a formation containing a high percentage of porosity can contain more hydrocarbons.</p> <p><strong>PROVEN RESERVES</strong> – oil and gas reserves that have not been produced but have been located and have been determined recoverable.</p> <p><strong>RESERVOIR</strong> – rocks with the potential to store fluids such as oil and natural gas.</p> <p><strong>REWORK</strong> – an attempt to increase production from an existing formation when it has fallen off substantially or ceased altogether.</p> <p><strong>SALT WATER DISPOSAL WELL</strong> – oftentimes, the salt water produced during oil production is pumped back into a formation that is deep enough not to pollute shallow water sands. Many wells that are no longer commercial are converted to salt water disposal wells.</p> <p><strong>SECONDARY RECOVERY</strong> – a broad term encompassing any method of extracting oil from a reservoir after a well or field has exhausted its primary production.</p> <p><strong>SEPARATION</strong> – the process of separating liquid and gas hydrocarbons from water. This is typically accomplished in a pressure vessel at the surface, but newer technologies allow separation to occur in the wellbore under certain conditions.</p> <p><strong>SPUD DATE</strong> – Date drilling begins on a welL</p> <p><strong>SURFACE PIPE</strong> – pipe which is set with cement through the shallow water sands to avoid polluting the water and keep the sand from caving in while drilling a well.</p> <p><strong>TANK BATTERY</strong> – a group of tanks at a well site used to store oil prior to sale to a transportation company.</p> <p><strong>TESTING</strong> – a series of tests are run on a completed well to estimate the daily deliverability, payout, and reserves.</p> <p><strong>TUBING</strong> – small diameter pipe that is installed in the casing. Tubing increases the viscosity of fluid thus a well’s flow capabilities.</p> <p><strong>TURNKEY CONTRACT</strong> – a contract in which an operator agrees to furnish all labor and materials necessary to drill a well to a certain depth or stage of completion for a specified sum of money. The operator or contractor assumes all of the responsibility and risks involved in completing the operation.</p> <p><strong>VISCOSITY</strong> – the resistance of fluid to flow. High viscosity fluids will not flow as easily as low viscosity fluids.</p> <p><strong>WILDCAT</strong> – a well drilled in an area where no oil or gas production exists.</p> <p><strong>WORKING INTEREST</strong> – a working interest in an oil or gas property is burdened with the cost of development and operation of the property, such as the responsibility to share expenses of drilling completed or operating oil and gas property, Determines percentage share of ownership of gross production.</p> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <div id="flags" class="size"><ul id="sortable" class="ui-sortable" style="float:left"><li id="English"><a title="English" class="notranslate flag en"></a></li></ul></div><div id="google_language_translator"></div> <p class="parent"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/http://www.arescotx.com/og-education-resources/">Oil and Gas Education and Resources</a></p> <ul> <li class="page_item page-item-4004"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/http://www.arescotx.com/og-education-resources/frequently-asked-questions/">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-3213"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/http://www.arescotx.com/og-education-resources/oil-and-gas-quickfacts/">Oil and Gas #QuickFacts</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-30 current_page_item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/http://www.arescotx.com/og-education-resources/glossary-terms/">Glossary of Terms</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-2349"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/http://www.arescotx.com/og-education-resources/common-abbreviations/">Common Abbreviations</a></li> </ul> <h2>Did you know?</h2> <div style="padding:0px 0px 15px 0px;"><div id="quotearea"><div id="quoterotator"> Loading Quotes... </div></div> <script type="text/javascript">quoteRotator.delay=10;quoteRotator.fadeDuration=4;quoteRotator.fadeoutDuration=2;quoteRotator.quotesInit();</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearFix"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"><div class="text"><p>Aresco LP 861 N Coleman Road, Ste. 105 Prosper, TX 75078 <b>Phone: 972-992-3127</b> Fax: 972-992-3137 </p><div id="social"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aresco/510139499068554" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/themes/arescoA3K/images/facebook.png" width="31" height="31" alt="Facebook"/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/https://twitter.com/ArescoLP" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/themes/arescoA3K/images/twitter.png" width="31" height="31" alt="Twitter"/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/http://www.linkedin.com/company/aresco-lp" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/themes/arescoA3K/images/linkedin.png" width="31" height="31" alt="LinkedIn"/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357/http://www.arescotx.com/feed/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403232357im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/themes/arescoA3K/images/rss.png" width="31" height="31" alt="RSS"/></a></div> </center> <div class="clearFix"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="disclaimer"><center><p>This is not an offer to sell nor solicitation of an offer to buy any security. 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