Drilling Industry Glossary
hardbanding
helical buckling
helical lockup
high gravity solids
hole
hook
hook load
horizon
horizontal drilling
HSI
HTHP cake thickness
HTHP filtrate
hydrocarbons
hydrostatic pressure
Hook Load
The weight of the drill stem (and associated components) that are suspended from the hook. It is important to predict the hook load and compare the predicted value with field measured hook load. One of the goals of drilling software is to predict the hook load from drilling parameters.
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