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DESILTING [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Opération qui consiste à extraire de la boue de forage les déblais limoneux qui réduisent l'avancement et augmentent la dilution.

OBS

Dérivé de l'anglais silt. Silt, qui désigne une roche détritique fine intermédiaire entre les sables et les argiles, est maintenant usité en français et figure, ainsi que l'adjectif silteux, au dictionnaire [Moureau et Rouge].

Spanish

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