Drilling Industry Glossary
hardbanding
helical buckling
helical lockup
high gravity solids
hole
hook
hook load
horizon
horizontal drilling
HSI
HTHP cake thickness
HTHP filtrate
hydrocarbons
hydrostatic pressure
Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons are compounds comprised exclusively of carbon and hydrogen. They are the dominant components of crude oil and processed petroleum hydrocarbons. The molecular structure of these compounds varies from the simplest - methane, a constituent of natural gas - to the very heavy and complex.
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