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Ram — Oil & Gas Glossary

Well Control

The closing and sealing component on a blowout preventer. Types include blind, pipe, or shear rams.

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Blowout Preventer Stack

The stacked arrangement of well control equipment including annular preventers, ram preventers, diverter spools, valves,

Lower Kelly Cock

A ball valve installed at one end of the kelly that can be used to stop mud draining from the kelly during a connection.

Mud-Gas Separator

A device that removes gas from the mud coming out of a well when a kick is being circulated out.

Upper Kelly Cock

A valve installed above the kelly that can be closed manually to protect the rotary hose from high pressure in the drill

R-signal

The resistive (R) signal, or that part of the alternating signal at the receiver of an induction-logging tool that is in

RCRA

Abbreviation for Resources Conservation and Recovery Act passed by the US Congress in 1976 and expanded in 1980 as CERCL

RH

The water content of air compared to the water content that the air could hold if it were saturated, expressed as a perc

RIH

To connect pipe together and lower the connected length into the borehole in a controlled fashion. The pipe lengths are

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