Petroleum Engineering Database including abbreviations and dictionary

HW

Definition:

Hot Dry Rock Wildcat

Subject Area 1:

Well Classifications

Abbreviation	Definition
HW	High Water	Details
HW	Hot Dry Rock Wildcat	Details
HW	Hot Dry Rock Wildcat-Failure	Details
HW	hot dry rock wildcat, failure	Details
HWC	High Water Cut	Details
HWCM	heavily (highly) water cut mud	Details
HWCM	heavily(highly) water-cut mud	Details
HWD	Hot Dry Rock Wildcat Deepening	Details
HWD	Hot Dry Rock Wildcat-Success	Details
HWD	hot dry rock wildcat, success	Details
HWDP	Heavy Weight Drill Pipe	Details
HWDP	Heavy-Weight Drill Pipe (sometimes spelled Hevi-Wate)	Details
HWE	High Wiping Efficiency (Halliburton)	Details
HWO	Hydraulic Work Over	Details
HWO	hydraulic workover, usually working under pressure Some HWO units are set up with pipe handling capacity as are snubbing units	Details
HWP	hookwall packer	Details
HWR	Hot Dry Rock Wildcat Redrill	Details
HWU	Herriot Watt University	Details
HWU	hydraulic workover unit	Details
HWX	Hot Dry Rock Wildcat Recompletion	Details
hwy	highway	Details
Smithw	Smithwick	Details
WHW	Well head work	Details
HWH	Hydraulic Water Hammer	Details
hwc	free-water level (height of initial water level)	Details
HWC	Hydrocarbon Water Contact	Details
HWDP	Heavy Weight Drill Pipe heavier than normal drill pipe	Details

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