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ALLEGEMENT COLONNE HUILE AIR [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-05-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Oil Production
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- air lift
1, record 1, English, air%20lift
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- air lifting 2, record 1, English, air%20lifting
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A method used in petroleum exploitation in which gas pressure is increased artificially by driving air or natural gas into the deposit under pressure from a neighboring borehole, thereby forcing the petroleum out. 3, record 1, English, - air%20lift
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Production pétrolière
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- remontée pneumatique
1, record 1, French, remont%C3%A9e%20pneumatique
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- ascension à l'air 2, record 1, French, ascension%20%C3%A0%20l%27air
correct, see observation, feminine noun
- extraction à l'air 3, record 1, French, extraction%20%C3%A0%20l%27air
correct, feminine noun
- extraction par air comprimé 4, record 1, French, extraction%20par%20air%20comprim%C3%A9
feminine noun
- extraction par éjection 5, record 1, French, extraction%20par%20%C3%A9jection
correct, feminine noun
- éjection 6, record 1, French, %C3%A9jection
correct, feminine noun
- allégement de la colonne d'huile à l'air 7, record 1, French, all%C3%A9gement%20de%20la%20colonne%20d%27huile%20%C3%A0%20l%27air
see observation, masculine noun
- allègement de la colonne d'huile à l'air 8, record 1, French, all%C3%A8gement%20de%20la%20colonne%20d%27huile%20%C3%A0%20l%27air
see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Procédé consistant à provoquer l'ascension du pétrole dans un puits en injectant de l'air comprimé dans l'espace annulaire entre le tubage et le cuvelage. 3, record 1, French, - remont%C3%A9e%20pneumatique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'extraction par éjection est [appliquée] aux gisements. [...] Du gaz naturel ou de l'air [...] est injecté sous pression dans l'espace annulaire entre le tubage et le tubing. Le fluide gazeux [...] s'émulsionne dans le pétrole, ce qui allège ce dernier, devenu ainsi capable d'atteindre la surface. 5, record 1, French, - remont%C3%A9e%20pneumatique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
allègement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004). 8, record 1, French, - remont%C3%A9e%20pneumatique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
ascension à l'air : terme officiellement recommandé par le Gouvernement français. 9, record 1, French, - remont%C3%A9e%20pneumatique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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