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ELEVATORS [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A set of clamps that grip a stand, or column, of casing, tubing, drill pipe, or sucker rods, so that the stand can be raised or lowered into the hole.

CONT

When elevators are attached to a hook on the traveling block and when drill pipe or tubing is latched in the elevators, the pipe can be raised or lowered in the derrick or mast.

OBS

elevators: term rarely used in the singular (elevator).

Key term(s)
  • elevator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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