Drilling Industry Glossary
tail cement
tension limit
thribble
tie-back liner
ton-mile
toolpusher
TOC
TOL
torque
torque and drag
total depth (TD)
total flow rate (TFA)
traveling block
trip in
trip out
tripping
true vertical depth (TVD)
tungsten carbide
turbodrill
turnkey contract
twist-off
Tail Cement
The last cement slurry pumped during a cementing job. The tail cement covers the lower sections of the well and shoe track, and is typically denser than the lead slurry that precedes it.
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