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ABRI SONDEUR [1 record]

Record 1 2001-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A small enclosure located on the rig floor and used as an office for the driller and as a storage place for small items; any small building used as an office or for storage.

DEF

A shed for workmen to store or change clothes (as at a pithead or oil-well drilling).

OBS

Name ... originally given to a shelter alongside a landbased rig but offshore installations also have their doghouses. The term applies not only to a part of the deck which serves as an office and base from which the driller operates, but also to a compression and decompression chamber in a diving installation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Cabine située sur le plancher de forage servant de bureau ou de magasin de stockage pour les petits objets.

DEF

Abri-bureau du maître sondeur et parfois vestiaire de l'équipe de forage.

OBS

abri de sondeur : Ce nom était donné originellement à un abri situé le long d'une installation de forage à terre, mais maintenant les installations offshore ont aussi leurs abris de sondeur. Ce terme s'applique à la partie du pont qui sert de bureau et de base au maître sondeur, mais on désigne aussi de ce nom une chambre de compression/décompression dans une installation de plongée.

OBS

abri-bureau : terme officiellement recommandé par le Gouvernement français.

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