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WELL-HOLE [2 records]

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Record 1 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Blow out preventer(BOP). This is essentially a series of valves which are designed to close around the drill-string in the well-hole. Its purpose is to contain the well bore pressure at any time... It allows circulation of influxing liquids out of the well-hole in a controlled manner.

OBS

influxing liquids: term rarely used in the singular (influxing liquid).

Key term(s)
  • influxing liquid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

Problème de traduction ici. On veut dire que le BOP (obturateur de sécurité) permet de chasser hors du puits d'une façon contrôlée les fluides qui affluent dans le trou du puits (ou sondage), c'est-à-dire les fluides qui risquent de remonter de façon sauvage dans le tubage de forage.

OBS

On pourrait aussi parler du contrôle des venues de liquides.

OBS

Il y a venue lorsqu'un certain volume de fluide de la formation pénètre dans le trou.

OBS

[Terme anglais] «influx» : voir inflow [...] inflow : entrée, arrivée, venue.

OBS

fluides qui affluent; venues de liquides : termes rarement utilisés au singulier.

Key term(s)
  • venue de liquides
  • venue de liquide
  • fluide qui afflue

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Danger of explosion: The majority of the gas was being diverted through diverter lines from the main part of the rig. Gas at high pressure can generate its own sparks by pressure or by striking something. Since all of the kill and active mud had been lost, it was no longer feasible to combat the gas flow ...

CONT

Meanwhile, the rig crew continued to pump kill-mud into the well-hole to endeavour the reduce the gas level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Fluide de forage du type boue injecté dans le puits pour en réduire la pression afin d'arrêter une éruption.

OBS

boue de neutralisation : Par analogie avec «ligne de neutralisation» (voir fiche).

Spanish

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