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CURER [3 records]

Record 1 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
DEF

To recover bottomhole fluids, samples, or drill cuttings by lowering a cylindrical vessel called a bailer to the bottom of a well, filling it, and retrieving it.

CONT

Water must be present in the bottom of the hole to keep the rock fragments in suspension, and from time to time the excess water and rock particles must be bailed out.

CONT

At the top of the derrick there is a crown block containing pulley wheels over which are run three steel cables: the casing line ..., the sand line for bailing out the well, and the drilling line ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
DEF

Vider un forage des sédiments, détritus, eau et autres objets qui l'encombrent au moyen d'une cuiller à clapet.

PHR

Curer un puits.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
DEF

Tratar el mineral con agua para eliminar la mayor parte de la ganga.

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Record 3 1993-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Preservation and Canning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie

Spanish

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