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Casinghead

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000583

A heavy-duty fitting installed at the top of the surface casing string, serving as the foundation for the wellhead assembly. It provides a means to suspend subsequent casing strings and to seal the annulus between them. The casinghead typically includes outlets for pressure monitoring and cement returns.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000583
FieldOil and gas
SubjectDrilling
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000583",
  "term": "Casinghead",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A heavy-duty fitting installed at the top of the surface casing string, serving as the foundation for the wellhead assembly. It provides a means to suspend subsequent casing strings and to seal the annulus between them. The casinghead typically includes outlets for pressure monitoring and cement returns.",
  "subject": "Drilling",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/casinghead/"
}

Record 630 of 4,468 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.