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T

True vertical depth

tail cement
tie-back liner
TOC
TOL
torque
torque and drag
total depth (TD)
traveling block
trip in
trip out
true vertical depth (TVD)
tungsten carbide

The vertical distance from a point on the well (usually the current or final depth) to a point at the surface, usually measured from RKB. Note that a measured depth, due to the wellbore curvature, is always greater than the corresponding true vertical depth. It is commonly referred as TVD.