1. Contents: Drilling & completion records Rotary drilling rig Cable tool drilling rig Crank counterbalanced bean pumping unit Geological time scale Giant oil & gas fields Mineral properties Sandstone limestone classifications Carbonate porosity Common geological map & log symbols Drill stem test symbols Flow sheet symbols Land subdivisions (U.S.) Geological features (U.S. & Canada) Unit conversion factors Atomic weights & numbers Greek alphabet.

2. A thorough update with more than 8,000 new definitions and entries. Covering everything in the upstream oil and gas sector, this new second edition also covers land, legal, accounting and finance terms. Written in easy-to-understand language with more than 100 illustrations, the second edition of Dr. Hyne's dictionary offers the ultimate reference book for anyone regardless of technical background.

Contents: Rotary drilling rigDeviated well terminologyDrawworks hoisting systemGeological map symbolsHorizontal well terminologyStrategic columnRotary tableRotary drilling rigWireline loggingBeam pumping unitBlowout preventersDeclined curve chart