Publisher's Synopsis
This dictionary contains over 6,800 words and numerous definitions in a comprehensive compilation of the terms used in drilling and well logging, and in the equipment for onshore and offshore boreholes.;The dictionary also includes trade names of tools that tend to be used as common nouns. The abbreviations used in the field are included and explained. The important terms and concepts that have to be understood and ones that are not very well known, for which the mere translation does not suffice to explain the precise meaning, have been given a definition.;Conversion tables in appendixes will be useful for solving the main problems that may arise. This dictionary should be of interest to anybody working in the field of drilling techniques.
