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SNUBBING [2 records]

Record 1 2007-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Condition for working coiled tubing through a pressurized stripper, where wellbore pressure applied against the cross-sectional area of the tube creates an upward acting force greater than the weight of the tubing in the wellbore.

CONT

Snubbing usually requires an array of wireline blocks and wire rope that forces the pipe or tools into the well through a stripper head or blowout preventer until the weight of the string is sufficient to overcome the lifting effect of the well pressure on the pipe in the stripper.

OBS

snubbing: A term used to describe the process of removing or installing pipe into a pressurized well bore, using specialized equipment including blowout preventers in a special arrangement.

OBS

In this condition, mechanical assistance is required to apply thrust to the tubing while injecting or to maintain control of the tubing when extracting. This condition is commonly called "light pipe operations."

OBS

pressure control: commonly referred to as snubbing; running of tool and/or pulling of tubing under well pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Technique d'intervention sur un puits non neutralisé par introduction d'éléments tubulaires sous pression.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Braking Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

Braking action in which a service braking system produces a retarding torque in order to slow down a straight truck or a combination of vehicles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Freins (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Freinage qui permet de créer, à l'aide du frein de service, un couple retardateur destiné à réduire la vitesse d'un véhicule isolé ou d'un ensemble de véhicules.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Frenos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Frenado que sirve para crear un momento de torsión de retardación que, por medio de un sistema de freno de pedal, permita disminuir la velocidad de un vehículo o de una combinación de ellos.

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