title: RPC Inc Vocabulary
description: >-
  Domain vocabulary for RPC, Inc., an oilfield services company. Covers
  well services terminology, hydraulic fracturing, wireline, coiled tubing,
  cementing, and related oil and gas services concepts.
version: '1.0'
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-02'

categories:
  - name: Well Services
    description: Core oilfield well service operations
    terms:
      - name: pressure-pumping
        definition: Hydraulic fracturing and related pumping services that stimulate oil and gas reservoirs
      - name: hydraulic-fracturing
        definition: High-pressure fluid injection to fracture rock formations and release hydrocarbons
      - name: wireline
        definition: Electrical cable-based downhole logging, perforating, and intervention services
      - name: coiled-tubing
        definition: Continuous flexible pipe deployed from a spool for well intervention and stimulation
      - name: cementing
        definition: Pumping cement slurry into well annuli to seal casing and isolate zones
      - name: snubbing
        definition: Live well intervention using a snubbing unit to run/pull pipe under pressure
      - name: nitrogen-services
        definition: Pumping nitrogen gas for well stimulation, lifting, and purging operations
      - name: well-control
        definition: Procedures and equipment to prevent uncontrolled release of formation fluids (blowouts)
      - name: tubular-services
        definition: Pipe handling, inspection, threading, and management for casing and tubing

  - name: Downhole Tools
    description: Subsurface equipment and measurement tools
    terms:
      - name: downhole-tools
        definition: Equipment deployed into the wellbore for measurement, completion, or intervention
      - name: perforating
        definition: Creating holes through casing and cement into the reservoir for production
      - name: logging
        definition: Measuring formation properties downhole using sensors on wireline or pipe
      - name: packers
        definition: Inflatable or mechanical devices that seal annular space in the wellbore
      - name: setting-tool
        definition: Device used to actuate a packer or plug downhole

  - name: Completion Operations
    description: Well completion and stimulation terminology
    terms:
      - name: completion
        definition: Final phase of well construction preparing it for production
      - name: perforation
        definition: Openings made through casing into the formation to allow hydrocarbon flow
      - name: stimulation
        definition: Techniques to improve well productivity including fracturing and acidizing
      - name: workover
        definition: Remedial operations on an existing producing well to restore or improve production
      - name: plug-and-perf
        definition: Completion technique using bridge plugs and perforating guns for multi-stage fracturing

  - name: Equipment
    description: Oilfield equipment and rental tools
    terms:
      - name: blowout-preventer
        definition: Safety valve installed at the wellhead to prevent uncontrolled fluid flow
      - name: wellhead
        definition: Assembly of valves and fittings at the surface controlling production flow
      - name: rental-tools
        definition: Specialized equipment leased to oil companies for drilling and completion operations
      - name: frac-stack
        definition: High-pressure wellhead equipment used during hydraulic fracturing operations
      - name: manifold
        definition: Piping assembly distributing fluid flow to or from multiple frac pumps

  - name: Operational Context
    description: Business and operational dimensions of oilfield services
    terms:
      - name: well-count
        definition: Number of active wells receiving oilfield services
      - name: completion-stage
        definition: Individual fracturing interval in a multi-stage horizontal well
      - name: proppant
        definition: Sand or ceramic material pumped into fractures to hold them open
      - name: slickwater
        definition: Low-viscosity fracturing fluid using water with friction reducers
      - name: horsepower
        definition: Pumping power capacity measured in hydraulic horsepower (HHP)
      - name: stage-count
        definition: Number of individual fracturing stages completed in a horizontal well