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FRACTURING PUMP [3 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

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

A high-pressure pump used in hydraulic fracturing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
DEF

Pompe à haute pression utilisée dans la fracturation hydraulique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Collection (Water supply)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

Mr. Crabtree described well fracturing as a "stimulation treatment" by which a given formation is fractured to increase the flow rate. Coiled tubing is used to pump a mixture of fluids and sand into the formation to effect the fracture.

Key term(s)
  • well fracturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Captage des eaux
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

M. Crabtree a décrit l'opération de développement de puits par fracturation comme un «traitement de stimulation» qui a pour objet de créer des fissures dans une formation donnée afin d'accroître le débit. Le serpentin sert à pomper un mélange de fluides et de sable dans la formation pour élargir les fissures.

Key term(s)
  • développement de puits par fracturation

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
  • Engineering
CONT

... another possible way of creating permeability in hot dry rocks is «impact fracturing». This method... [may be described in its principle. ] A bore, cased except near the lower extremity, is surmounted by a hydraulic accumulator, filled with water and pressurized by means of a pump until the accumulator weight is lifted. The lifting pressure should be perhaps about 90% of the estimated hydro-fracturing pressure. A dynamic blow would then be struck upon the top of the water column by means of some device resembling a pile-driver, so that shock waves would travel to the base of the bore and be reflected up and down at attenuating intensity. Very high instantaneous pressures would be generated which would fracture the rock, and it is expected that the steepness of the pressure rise would be such as to resemble explosive action, so that the «star» formation... would be produced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Ingénierie

Spanish

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