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Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
DEF

A cylinder with a valve at the bottom, lowered into a drill hole from time to time to take out the accumulated slime resulting from the action of the drill on the rock.

DEF

A bailer fitted with a plunger for removing wet sand, mud, or silt from the bottom of a borehole.

CONT

When [a bailer is] fitted with a plunger to which the bailing line is attached, it sucks the liquid in as it is lifted and is then called a sand pump or an American pump.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
CONT

Effectivement, dans les sables très divisés, la curette est munie d'un piston avec ressorts : c'est la «pompe à sable». Avec cette disposition on évite le trépan et son train de tiges dont la remontée prend du temps.

OBS

Les pompes à sable conviennent pour les sables fins [...]

Spanish

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