Oil & Gas
Glossary
K
Kick
Back pressure in well from invading
oil
/
gas
/ water.
Killing a well
Filling
well bore
with
drilling mud
of suitable density to stop flow of
oil
/
gas
.
Kilogram (kg)
SI unit
of mass. One thousand grams.
Kilopascal (kPa)
Kilowatt (kW)
One kW = 1000 watts
Kilowatt-hour (kWh)
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