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TRIP OUT [2 records]

Record 1 2000-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To pull the drill stem out of the wellbore. This withdrawal is necessary to change the bit, change from bit to core barrel, to run electric logs, to prepare for a drill-stem test, to run casing, and for other reasons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
OBS

Source for "pull and lower": Kennedy, John L. Fundamentals of Drilling: Technology and Economics. Tulsa (Oklahoma): PennWell, 1983, p. 53.

OBS

Source for "run in and out" and "trip in and out": Petroleum Engineer (International), Sept./1981, p. 53.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

Tiges de forage, etc.

Spanish

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