Terms beginning with R

Rack pipe

Radial flow

Radiation

Radioactive tracer

Radioactive-tracer log

Radioactivity

Radioactivity log

Radioisotope

Radiometric grade

Rams

Rankine temperature scale

Rate of penetration

Rathole

Ratio

Rayleigh wave

RDB

Reaction value

Reading

Ream

Reamer

Receiver

Reciprocal sonde

Reciprocator

Record

Recorder

Recovery

Recovery factor

Rectify

Redox logging

Redox potential

Red pattern

Reef

Reference point

Reflection peak

Reinjection

Relative bearing

Relative permeability

Relief well

Reluctance

Repeat formation tester

Repeat section

Reserves

Reservoir

Reservoir-drive mechanism

Reservoir pressure

Reservoir temperature

Residual

Residual oil

Resistance

Resistivity

Resistivity index

Resistivity logs

Returns

Reversal

Rig

Rig down

Rig floor

Rig up

Riser

Riser pipe

Roentgen

Roller-cone bit

ROP

Rope socket

Rose diagram

Rotary bushing

Rotary drill bushing

Rotary drilling

Rotary rig

Rotary table

Roughneck

Roundtrip

Rugosity

Run pipe