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STANDARD DERRICK [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-11-08

English

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

A derrick that is built piece by piece at the drilling location as opposed to a jackknife mast, which is a portable, folding mast that is already assembled.

CONT

Standard derricks have been replaced almost totally by jackknife masts; however, in some deep drilling locations and on some offshore drilling rigs, they are still employed.

French

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

derrick. Tour de forage. Chevalement métallique [...] dressé à l'endroit où doit être effectué un forage, pour l'exécution des manœuvres de levage et de descente des outils dans les puits. À l'heure actuelle, le derrick classique tend de plus en plus à être remplacé par des mâts de forage, plus maniables.

CONT

mât de forage. Installation de forage constituée par deux poutres à treillis en forme de V renversé [...] Les mâts se substituent de plus en plus aux derricks traditionnels dans la mesure où ils sont installés plus facilement et plus rapidement.

Spanish

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