Drilling Industry Glossary
salt content water phase
sand content
shoe track (ST)
shut-in bottomhole pressure (SIBHP)
single slurry
sinusoidal buckling
SK
slack-off weight
slips
slip velocity
slurry
slurry yield
snubbing
solids
solids adjusted for salt
soluble solids
spacer
spaghetti
spud date
stand (of pipe)
surface casing
survey
sustained casing pressure (SCP)
sweeps
Stand (Of Pipe)
A “stand” of drillpipe consists of either three or four joints of pipe and is considered as a unit. The number of drillpipe elements in a joint depends on (1) the length of a joint of pipe and (2) the height of the derrick.
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