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Record 1 2001-08-14

English

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

A short rope used on the cathead of the drilling rig to tighten pipe joints by pulling on the makeup tongs.

OBS

When the driller activates the cathead, the cathead pulls on the jerk line with great force to apply torque to break out a tool joint (or to tighten a drill collar connection).

French

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

Câble du cabestan automatique.

DEF

Câble d'acier ou de chanvre qui actionne la chaîne de vissage des tiges à l'aide d'une poupée de cabestan du treuil.

Spanish

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