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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Mobile drilling platform. The underwater search has been made possible only by vast improvement in offshore technology ... new types [of platform] stress characteristics of mobility and the capacity for work in [deep] water. The world's mobile platform fleet can be divided into four main groupings: self-elevating platform, submersibles, semisubmersibles, and floating drill ships. The most widely used mobile platform is the self-elevating, or jack-up unit. It is towed to location, where the legs are lowered to the sea floor, and the platform is jacked up above wave height.

OBS

for "offshore mobile drilling unit": offshore mobile drilling unit

Key term(s)
  • mobile drilling unit
  • mobile unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Aussi pour exécuter [les forages d'exploration] qui ne durent que quelques mois chacun, utilise-t-on des infrastructures mobiles, que l'on déplace d'un site à un autre [...] À faible profondeur on utilise des «jack-up» ou plates-formes autoélévatrices à piles mobiles verticalement actionnées par vérins ou par crémaillères. En cours de déplacement le pont fait office de coque et flotte à la surface de l'eau, les piles étant relevées [...] Au-delà de [90 mètres d'eau], on utilise des engins de forage flottants, navires ou plates-formes semi-submersibles.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
DEF

Construction démontable implantée temporairement.

OBS

Construction : tout assemblage solide et durable de matériaux, quelque soit sa fonction : abri, clôture, cloison, agrandissement, surélévation, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de construcciones
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