Drilling Industry Glossary
packer
pay/pay sand/pay section
PDC bit
pH
perforate
permeability
pick up
pick up weight
pig
pigging
pipe
plastic viscosity (PV)
plug
plug and abandon (P&A)
pore pressure
porosity
possum belly
potassium (K+)
ppb
ppg
primary cement job
production casing
pulsation dampener
pumping schedule table
Possum Belly
Settling pool into which drilling mud flows from the outlet pipe which connects to the wellhead. Outflow from the possum belly flows over the shale shaker to the mud ditch.
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