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Jug hustler

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-002078

A member of a land seismic crew responsible for deploying, moving, and retrieving geophones, also known as jugs, and their associated cables. This physically demanding job involves laying out hundreds or thousands of geophones in a specific pattern, or spread, across the survey area before shooting begins. The term is primarily used in North American land seismic operations and is synonymous with the role of a line crew member.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-002078
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeophysics
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-002078",
  "term": "Jug hustler",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A member of a land seismic crew responsible for deploying, moving, and retrieving geophones, also known as jugs, and their associated cables. This physically demanding job involves laying out hundreds or thousands of geophones in a specific pattern, or spread, across the survey area before shooting begins. The term is primarily used in North American land seismic operations and is synonymous with the role of a line crew member.",
  "subject": "Geophysics",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/jug-hustler/"
}

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