Oil and gas terminology · MLC-0103
Oil and gas terms: K (32)
- K coefficientThe geometric coefficient of an electrode logging device, the constant that converts the measured voltage and...
- KaoliniteA common clay mineral, a hydrous aluminum silicate, formed by the chemical weathering of feldspars and other...
- KarstA type of topography and geology formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite...
- KBAn abbreviation for Kelly Bushing, which is a rotary table component. It is the reference point from which...
- KellyA heavy, four or six-sided steel pipe that is suspended from the swivel and connected to the top of the drill...
- Kelly bushingA device that fits into the master bushing of the rotary table, transmitting torque from the rotary table to...
- Kelly downThe point in drilling operations when the kelly has been lowered almost its full working length into the...
- Kelly hoseA flexible, high-pressure conduit that connects the standpipe to the swivel, allowing drilling fluid to be...
- Kelly spinnerA pneumatic or hydraulic device attached to the kelly that rotates it for making up or breaking out drill...
- KerogenDispersed organic matter in sedimentary rocks that is insoluble in common organic solvents and has not yet...
- KeyseatA groove or channel worn into the side of the wellbore by the drill pipe, often occurring in doglegs or...
- KhThe permeability-thickness product, a measure of a reservoir's capacity to transmit fluids, calculated by...
- KickAn unplanned influx of formation fluid, such as oil, gas, or water, into the wellbore. This occurs when the...
- Kick offTo intentionally deviate a wellbore from its vertical path to drill a directional or horizontal well. This is...
- KillTo stop the flow of formation fluids from a wellbore by increasing the hydrostatic pressure within the well...
- Kill lineA high-pressure pipeline connecting the mud pumps to the wellbore below the blowout preventers (BOPs). This...
- Kill pumpA high-pressure, high-volume pump used to inject heavy drilling fluid, or 'kill fluid,' into a wellbore to...
- Kill-weight fluidA drilling fluid with a sufficiently high density to overcome the pressure exerted by formation fluids and...
- Kill-weight mudA drilling fluid specifically weighted to a density that can control formation pressures and prevent kicks or...
- Kilogram per cubic meterA standard unit of measurement for density within the International System of Units (SI), representing the...
- KilopascalA metric unit of pressure equal to 1,000 pascals, used to quantify forces in drilling and reservoir...
- Kinetic effectThe part of the pressure difference read by a gradiomanometer that comes from fluid acceleration, as where...
- Kirchhoff equationA mathematical formulation used in seismic imaging to describe the propagation of seismic waves and to...
- Kirchhoff migrationA seismic imaging technique that reconstructs subsurface reflectors by summing seismic amplitudes along...
- k-means cluster analysisAn unsupervised machine learning algorithm used to partition a dataset into a specified number of clusters...
- Knock outTo separate different phases of fluids, typically gas from liquids, using a vessel designed for this purpose...
- KnockoutA vessel or separator used to separate different phases of fluids, typically gas from liquids, based on...
- KnotA unit of speed equal to one international nautical mile per hour, or approximately 0.5144 meters per second...
- Koch curveA fractal geometric shape used to model natural, irregular features in a reservoir, such as complex fracture...
- KrigingA geostatistical interpolation method that estimates values at unsampled locations based on known values at...
- Kriging weightsCoefficients assigned to known data points in the kriging interpolation method, which determine their...
- KurtosisA statistical measure that describes the shape of the probability distribution of a dataset, specifically its...
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