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JET GUN [2 records]

Record 1 2011-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Tools and Equipment
OBS

jet gun: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage et outils de plomberie
OBS

pistolet à injection : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-08-17

English

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

The assembly, including the carrier and shaped charges, used in jet perforating.

CONT

Perforations are usually made with bullet- or jet-perforating guns.

OBS

jet perforating: Perforating holes in an oil string in preparation for production from a well. In jet perforating the holes are punched by shaped charges, rather than a projectile, as in gun perforating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Perforateur [...] appareil descendu sur câble conducteur [...] dans un puits afin de perforer le tubage de production en face de couches productives, de façon à permettre au pétrole ou au gaz naturel de pénétrer dans le puits. Ces perforateurs sont soit à balles, soit à charges creuses.

Spanish

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