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GUIDE SHOE [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-03-21

English

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

A short, heavy, cylindrical steel section, filled with concrete and rounded at the bottom, which is placed at the bottom end of the casing string.

CONT

The guide shoe prevents the casing from hanging up on irregularities in the borehole as it is lowered. A passage through the center of the shoe allows the drilling fluid to pass up into the casing while it is being lowered and the cement to pass out through the shoe during cementing operations.

French

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

Spanish

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