Oilfield Units: a Measurement System so Cursed it made me Change Career

Alexander the ok October 6, 2025
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Engineer turned data scientist. I make videos about things that generally interest me. I do not use any generative AI to make any part of my videos. I use the following tools for video creation: OS: Linux Mint Editing: DaVinci Resolve Animation: Blender Audio: Audacity Image editing: GIMP PCB design: KiCad Script writing: OpenOffice Video processing: FFmpeg Coding: Python and R

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This has to be the worst measurement system still in widespread use. This video is a kind of follow up to my previous video on nuclear fracking. I've hinted at doing a rant about the awful awful units system the oil industry insists on using for a couple of years now, so here it finally is. I suppose the only source (apart from my memory) is the cursed green handbook; which is actually very well written....it just shouldn't have to exist at all: https://www.editionstechnip.com/en/catalogue-detail/402/drilling-data-handbook.html 00:00 Intro 01:23 the volume goes to 42 03:57 what kind of inches? 05:07 your density has brought me to you 06:53 horse(girl)power 12:12 oh Mr Darcy! 14:21 worked example 16:27 actually serious ending

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