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Glossary

The Kallanish Glossary aims to be a useful resource for complex industry specific terminology. We are constantly adding to our glossary, so if you have a suggestion or amendment please do get in touch.
Farm In

When a company acquires an interest in a block by taking over all or part of the financial commitment for drilling an exploration well. 

FCEV

Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are zero emissions vehicles that convert hydrogen stored on-board using a fuel cell to power an electric motor.

Feedstock

Raw materials.

Ferritic

Ferritic is the second-largest class of stainless steel, constituting approximately 25% of stainless production. Ferritic stainless steels are plain chromium steels with no significant nickel content; the lack of nickel results in lower corrosion resistance than the austenitics (chromium-nickel stainless steels). Ferritics are best suited for general and high-temperature corrosion applications rather than services requiring high strength. They are used in automotive trim and exhaust systems, interior architectural trim, and hot water tanks.

Ferro Alloys

A metal product commonly used as a raw material feed in steelmaking, to aid various stages of the steelmaking process such as deoxidation, desulfurization, and adding strength. 

Ferrous

Ferrous is the term used to indicate the presence of iron in a metal and will also be used to distinguish iron and steel from non-ferrous metals.

Field

An accumulation, pool, or group of pools of hydrocarbons or other mineral resources in the subsurface. A hydrocarbon field consists of a reservoir in a shape that will trap hydrocarbons and that is covered by an impermeable, sealing rock.

Fishing

The application of tools, equipment and techniques for the removal of junk, debris or fish from a wellbore.

Flake graphite

There are three main types of graphite: Flake, Vein, and Amorphous. Flake graphite is formed when carbon material is subjected to high pressure and high temperature. The carbon source material can be either organic or inorganic, although most commercially sourced flake graphite comes from organic deposits. The graphite is a key component in the lithium-ion batteries that electric and hybrid cars use, and it's also found in fuel cells. In fact, fuel cells require more flake graphite than lithium-ion batteries. Flake graphite is also used in vanadium-redox batteries and nuclear reactors.

Flare Gas

Term used to describe a vapour or gas that is burned through a pipe or burners.

Flat-rolled mills

Steel mills that produce a type of finished rolled steel product like steel strip and plate.

Fluid Level

The depth, or distance from surface, that the fluid in a well incapable of natural flow will reach under static conditions.

Flux

An iron cleaning agent. Limestone and lime react with impurities within the metallic pool to form a slag that floats to the top of the relatively heavier (and now more pure) liquid iron.

Forging

This is a way of producing individual metal parts by mechanical impact. It is suitable for working a wide range of steels, and can be done with the metal cold, warm or hot. The metal changes shape while in a solid rather than molten state making it quite different to a casting process. Forgings are used principally where strength and in-service integrity are key requirements. They are stronger than cast or machined parts because the mechanical deformation allows the grain structure of the metal to closely follow the part’s finished shape. There are a number of forms of forging which involve containing the metal workpiece to a greater or lesser degree. The starting material may be steel bar, billet or ingot, and this is often sourced externally from steelmakers.

Formation Damage

The reduction in permeability in reservoir rock due to the infiltration of drilling or treating fluids into the area adjacent to the wellbore.

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