A person who refuses to conform or acts independently. All materials copyright 1999 by Maverick Energy, Inc. except where indicated. Deepwater port - An offshore marine terminal designed to accommodate large vessels such as VLCCs and tankers, connected to the shore by submerged pipelines. Deliverability - A well's tested ability to produce. A well drilled in an already discovered oil or gas field.
Diesel oil is slightly heavier than kerosene.
Directional drilling - Drilling at an angle, instead of on the perpendicular, by using a whipstock to bend the pipe until it is going in the desired direction. It is much more expensive than conventional drilling procedures. Distillate - Liquid hydrocarbons, usually colorless and of high API gravity, recovered from wet gas by a separator that condenses the liquid out of the gas. The present term is natural gas. Distillate fuel oil - A term subject to a variety of definitions.