Oilfield Terms Starting with "T"

A Taxation Regime in the petroleum industry refers to the complete set of fiscal laws, regulations, and contractual provisions that govern how a government (host…

A template in offshore and subsea oil and gas operations is a large, heavy, steel-framed structure that is placed on the seabed to serve as…

Tertiary Recovery, also known as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), is the third stage of oil production applied to a reservoir after primary and secondary recovery…

A tieback is a subsea or offshore engineering term referring to the connection of a newly drilled well or a subsea production system to an…

Tomography is a geophysical imaging technique that reconstructs a detailed, three-dimensional representation of subsurface rock properties by analyzing how transmitted energy (such as seismic waves,…

A top drive is a critical piece of drilling equipment mounted at the top of the derrick or mast on a drilling rig. It replaces…

The topside (also referred to as topsides) is the above-water portion of an offshore oil and gas platform. It houses all the equipment, systems, and…

A trap is a geological configuration that allows significant quantities of petroleum (oil and natural gas) to accumulate and be retained in the subsurface. Without…

Tubing is a string of pipe, typically smaller in diameter than the casing, that is run into the wellbore to convey reservoir fluids (oil, gas,…

Tubing Conveyed Perforating (TCP) is a highly efficient and precise well intervention technique used to create perforations in the casing and cement sheath of an…