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FORE MAST [3 records]

Record 1 2014-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A cable supporting the mast in the fore and aft line on which the jib hanks are secured.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Câble raidi le long duquel on engage une voile ou une toile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
DEF

Cabo o cable, complementario de los obenques, que sujeta un palo para que no pueda inclinarse hacia popa.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda la forma "estay" (plural "estáis" o "estayes"), mejor que la inglesa "stay".

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Record 2 2011-07-20

English

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

A frame built by the side of a drilling well to store drill pipe or casing horizontally.

CONT

In addition to the rig, the platform will also support living quarters ..., cranes and storage racks for drill pipes, drill collars, casing and probably production equipment.

CONT

The main upper deck [of a jack-up platform] is the pipe rack and storage area, and the mud pumps, tanks, generators and other machinery are located within the hull.

CONT

The derrick or mast is located over the drill well with the pipe racks adjacent either fore or aft.

Key term(s)
  • pipe storage rack

French

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

Chevalets sur lesquels est entreposé le matériel tubulaire (tiges de forage, tubes, etc.).

CONT

râtelier : Support de rangement comportant des échancrures régulièrement espacées ou dispositif doté d'évidements fixé à une cloison pour recevoir des outils, des matériaux, [...] : râtelier à pipes, à tubes, à essais.

Key term(s)
  • râtelier de stockage

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-11

English

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

A walled, round hole or well in the hull of a drill ship (usually in the center) through which the drilling and other assemblies pass while a well is being drilled, completed, or abandoned from the drill ship.

CONT

Unlike traditional vessels, [drill vessels] are modified by a center opening through the vessel for conducting drilling operations. This center opening is commonly called a "moonpool."

CONT

Most of the development of equipment and technology for rotary drilling from floating vessels started with an extensive shallow-hole coring operation off the coast of California in the Santa Barbara Channel. The very first operations were conducted "over the side" of the drill vessel, but these were quickly supplanted by vessels designed with a center drill well or "moonpool."

CONT

The center drill well is located with the center of gravity of the vessel to minimize the effect of rotational motion. The derrick or mast is located over the drill well with the pipe racks adjacent either fore or aft.

Key term(s)
  • moon-pool

French

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

Ouverture pratiquée dans la coque d'un navire de forage ou dans le plancher d'une plate-forme pour donner passage aux équipements de forage.

CONT

Une ouverture de 5 m de diamètre, ou plus, au centre de la plate-forme ou de la coque du bateau permet l'immersion des équipements sous-marins, assemblés, essayés sur un pont particulier [...]. Cette ouverture appelée «slot» ou «moonpool» est traversée par deux poutres horizontales rétractables servant de support des ensembles avant immersion. (Forages, no54, janvier - mars 1972, p. 40).

OBS

Moonpool est réservé à une ouverture centrale. Slot s'emploie quand cet espace est aménagé dans l'un des côtés de la plate-forme (notamment sur les plates-formes triangulaires). Cet orifice est généralement rectangulaire, mais sur les premières unités de forage (navires, barges), il était circulaire, d'où, probablement, son appellation.

OBS

Il n'y a pas d'équivalent français attesté. Nous proposerions : la porte, si ce mot ne désignait pas déjà une autre réalité (ouverture aménagée dans un côté du derrick). On pourrait dire : la trappe, la piscine, la lucarne ...

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
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