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Differential sticking — A diagram showing forces at work during differential sticking. The small black arrows represent pressure exerted on the drill pipe from the wellbore, the red arrows represent pressure exerted on the pipe from the formation (smaller than in the… … Wikipedia
differential — A small charge added to the purchase price and subtracted from the selling price by the dealer for odd lot quantities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. differential dif‧fe‧ren‧tial 1 [ˌdɪfəˈrenʆl◂] noun [countable] the amount of… … Financial and business terms
Job interview — Oakland, California. Hanging Around. The total time spent in actual interviews while hunting a job takes only a small part of the day; unwilling to go home these youths spend most of their day hanging around and talking with other job hunters.… … Wikipedia
differential piece-rate system — noun : a method of wage payment whereby after tests have set a standard time for a task the worker receives a high piece rate for doing the job in task time and a lower piece rate if he takes longer than task time … Useful english dictionary
Compensating differential — is a term used in labor economics to analyze the relation between the wage rate and the unpleasantness, risk, or other undesirable attributes of a particular job. A compensating differential, which is also called a compensating wage differential… … Wikipedia
The Italian Job — Infobox Film name = The Italian Job caption = Theatrical release poster director = Peter Collinson writer = Troy Kennedy Martin starring = Michael Caine Noël Coward Benny Hill Raf Vallone Tony Beckley Rossano Brazzi John Forgeham Maggie Blye |… … Wikipedia
earnings differential — ➔ differential1 * * * earnings differential UK US noun [C] (also pay differential) ECONOMICS, HR ► the difference in pay between two jobs with different responsibilities or between employees with different qualifications or experience: »There is… … Financial and business terms
Underbalanced drilling — Underbalanced drilling, or UBD, is a procedure used to drill oil and gas wells where the pressure in the wellbore is kept lower than the fluid pressure in the formation being drilled. As the well is being drilled, formation fluid flows into the… … Wikipedia
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Petronas — For the Byzantine nobleman and general, see Petronas the Patrician. Not to be confused with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) Type Government owned corporation … Wikipedia
