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This Dictionary of Oil Sector related terms is sponsored by:

Grant Sinclair Group

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Showing definitions 1 to 10 of 199 for the letter 's'
Sacrificial anode
A ring or slab of metal placed on a key part of an underwater structure in order to protect it from corrosion; the sea water attacks the anode rather than the structure.
Safety belt
A safety harness used by the derrick man when working on the monkeyboard.
Sales in place
Estimate of Security Exchange Commission (USA) reserve sold while in the ground, to another party.
Salt column
A column of salt which has broken through overlying formations.
Salt dome
A dome of salt that has broken through overlying formations.
Salt dome trap
A trap produced by an impervious salt dome.
Salt gel
See attapulgite.
Salt pillow
A mass of salt that has risen up under overlying formations, causing them to bulge upwards, but which has not actually broken through.
Salt pillow trap
A form of anticlinal trap produced by a pillow of salt forcing the overlying rocks upwards into a dome.
Samples
1. The well cuttings obtained at designated footage intervals during drilling. From an examination of these cuttings, the geologist determines the type of rock and formations being drilled and estimates oil and gas content. 2. Small quantities of well fluids obtained for analysis.
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