SPE E&P Glossary
F (reservoir)
F (logging)
F Nipple
Face Seal
Facies
Facultative (bacteria)
Failure
Fairway
Fall-Off Test
Fann Viscometer
Farmers Oil
Farm-In
Farm-Out
Fast Gauges
Fast Line (drilling)
Fast Taper
Fatigue
Fatigue Strength
Fault
Fault Plane
Fault Trap
FBHP
FC
FCD
FCP
FCS (fracturing)
FCTA (brine)
FCV
FDC
FDCNL
FDP
FE
FeCO<sub>3</sub>
Fee Land (contract)
Feed In
Feet of pay
Feldspar
Female connection
FeOH
FEPM
FERC
Ferric Iron
Ferrite
Ferrous Iron
FeS<sub>x</sub>
FF
FFKM
FFI (logging)
FFM
Fg
FGLR
FGOR
Fiber Cement
Field
Field Rules
Field Weld
Filiform Corrosion
Filter Cake
Filter Cake Lift-Off
Filter Cake Lift-Off Pressure (drilling)
Filter Media
Filter Press
Filtrate
Filtrate Reducers
Filtration Level
Final Circulating Pressure
Finding and Development Costs
Fines Control
Fines Migration
Finger Board (drilling)
Fingering
Fire Flood
Fischer Assay
Fish
Fish Hook
Fisheyes
Fishing Magnet
Fishing Neck
Fishing Tools
Fishtail Bit
FIT (operations)
FIT (fracturing)
FIV
Five Spot Pattern
Fixed Choke
FKM
FL (drilling/completions)
FL (operations)
Flag
Flange
Flanged Up
Flapper Valve
Flare
Flash (pipe)
Flash Liberation
Flash Point
Flash Set
Flashing
FLC (completions)
FLC (operations)
Flexing
Flint
Float Collar
Float Shoe
Float Valve
Flocculation
Flocculants
Flood
Flood Plain
Flow
Flow-After-Flow
Flow Assisted Corrosion
Flow Assurance
Flow Back
Flow Bean
Flow Coupling
Flow Cross
Flow Divider (screen)
Flow Efficiency
Flow Line
Flow Loop
Flow Path
Flow Profile
Flow Regime
Flow T or Tee
Flow Test
Flow Tubes
Flow Wetted
Flowing Pressure
Flowing Well
Flowline
Fluid Contact
Fluid Density
Fluid Invasion
Fluid Loss
Fluid Loss Coefficient
Fluid Packed
Fluid Pound
Fluid Pressure Gradient
Fluid Saturation
Fluidize
Fluorocarbon
FLUORAZ
Fluoroscope
Flush Joint
Flush Production
Flushed Zone
Fly Ash
Flying Leads (subsea)
FMEA
FMECA
FMI
FMJ (control line)
FMWTR
FN
FO
Foam
Foam Breaker
Foam Cement
FOC
Fold
Formaldehyde
Foot Wall
Formate
Formation
Formation Breakdown
Formation Competency
Formation Damage
Formation Evaluation
Formation Gas-Oil Ratio
Formation Integrity
Formation Integrity Test
Formation Pressure
Formation Resistivity
Formation Sensitivity
Formation Volume Factor or FVF
Formation Water
Formic Acid
FoRxo Log
Fossil
Fossil Fuel
Fouling
Four Point Test
FP
FPC
FPH
FPIT
FPSO
FPU
FPWD
Frac Ball
Frac Fluid
Fractionation
Fracture Acidizing
Fracture Breakdown Pressure
Fracture Closure Pressure
Fracture Effective Length
Fracture Extension Pressure
Fracture Finder(tm) Log
Fracture Fluid Efficiency
Fracture Gradient
Fracture Half Length
Fracture Initiation Pressure
Fracture Network
Fracture Packing
Fracture Pad
Fracture Porosity
Fracture Proppant Pack Density
Fracture Width
Fracturing
Fragipan
Fragmental Source Sedimentary (rock)
Frangible Valve
FRC
Free Gas
Free Point
Free Point and Backoff
Free Point Constant
Free Point Indicator
Free Water
Free Water Knockout
Freeze point (pipe movement)
Frequency Domain (seismic)
Fresh Water
Fretting Corrosion
Friable Sand
Friction
Friction Coefficient
Friction Lock (coiled tubing)
Friction Reducer
Front-end Costs
FrontSim(tm)
Froth
FRP
FRUCOS
FSN
FSP
FSV (completions)
FTC (SSSV)
FTH
FTHP
FTO (SSSV)
FTP
FTR
Fuel Oil
Funnel Viscosity
Furan
Fusible Plug or Link
Fusible Vent
FV
FVF
FW
FWHP
FWHT
FWKO