5 More Oil Rig / Oil Field Lingo / Termionology For You

If your a newbie heading out to North Dakota seekign a job on an oil rig you probably like most others don't have any experience and that's not a problem, however it would be beneficial to know some of the lingo and terminology you will be hearing so here are five more terms for you. Hope this helps.

Poor Boy Degasser that removes gasses from drilling liquids.  Common gasses are (methane, H2S, CO2, etc.)

1 Barrel of Oil 42 Gallons of oil are in a barrel.

Bpd Barrels per day

Boed Barrels of oil equivalent per day.  Referring to the equivalent amount of energy content as one barrel of oil. Ex 6,000 cubic feet of nat. gas

CF Cubic Foot A standard unit used to measure quantity of gas (at atmospheric pressure) 1 cubic foot = 0.0283 cubic meters

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