casing. Oil & gas. The pipe in a wellbore hole, cemented into place to prevent pollution and to protect the hole. intermediate casing. Casing that protects deep formations against pollution from drilling and producing opera-tions. production casing. Wellbore pipe through which oil and gas is produced. • Production casing is the last pipe set in […]
produce (proh-doos), n. The product of natural growth, labor, or capital; esp., agricultural products. produce (pr[schwa]-doos), vb. 1. To bring into existence; to create. 2. To provide (a document, witness, etc.) in response to subpoena or discovery request. 3. To yield (as revenue). 4. To bring (oil, etc.) to the surface of the earth.
boomage. 1. A fee charged by a company for collecting and distributing logs that have accumulated in its boom (i.e., a line of sawed logs collected and stored on a stream’s surface). [Cases: Logs and Logging 14.] 2. A right to enter on riparian lands to fasten booms. 3. An anchorage fee charged by a
batture (b[schwa]-tyooror ba-toor). [French] Soil, stone, or other material that builds under water and may or may not break the surface. • If batture builds against a bank and breaks the surface, it becomes alluvion. See ALLUVION(2). [Cases: Navigable Waters 44(6); Waters and Water Courses 93. C.J.S. Waters §§ 177–182, 184–185.]