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True vertical depth

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Line (b) is the actual borehole and its length would be considered the "measured depth" in oil industry terminology. The TVD is
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This article related to natural gas, petroleum or the petroleum industry is a
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to present the subject from an encyclopedic point of view.
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itself, and its length is called the measured depth.
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dictionary definition
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borehole
perpendicularly
horizontal plane
petroleum industry
borehole
oil well
directional well
Depth in a well
Driller's depth
"True vertical depth"
Schlumberger
the original
"measured depth - Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary"
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expanding it
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e
Categories
Oilfield terminology
Petroleum geology
Vertical position
Petroleum stubs

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