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WELLHEAD CELLAR [6 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Excavated area under drill-derrick floor to provide headroom for casing and pipe connections required at the collar of a borehole ...

DEF

A capsule that fits over wellheads on the ocean floor.

CONT

Before erecting and rigging up the drilling rig, a hole is dug at the location about 10 ft square and 6 ft deep and lined with concrete and timber. This is called the cellar whose function is to accommodate some of the wellhead equipment and preventers below ground level, to reduce the height of the rig floor above the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Excavation creusée en début de forage pour recevoir l'appareillage de tête de puits.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-08-17

English

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

Before drilling operations are begun it is necessary to construct a concrete cellar... to support the weight of the drilling rig and later to accommodate the wellhead valving and expansion spool.

CONT

valve: A device used to control the rate of flow in a line, to open or shut off a line completely, or to serve as an automatic or semiautomatic safety device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Avant de commencer les opérations de forage, il faut construire une cave avant-puits en béton [...] pour supporter le poids de l'appareil de forage et pour recevoir plus tard la vanne de tête de puits et le raccord d'expansion.

OBS

Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • vannes de tête de puits

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-08-17

English

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

Before drilling operations are begun it is necessary to construct a concrete cellar... to support the weight of the drilling rig and later to accommodate the wellhead valving and expansion spool.

OBS

spool: Any of several cylindrical devices which have a rim, ridge, or head at each end and commonly an axial hole for a pin or spindle and on whcih filamentary or ribbonlike material ... is wound.

Key term(s)
  • wellhead expansion spool

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Avant de commencer les opérations de forage, il faut construire une cave avant-puits en béton [...] pour supporter le poids de l'appareil de forage et pour recevoir plus tard la vanne de tête de puits et le raccord d'expansion.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The lower deck of a double-decked submersible drilling rig.

CONT

[Offshore] drilling... proceeds as on land, the wellhead being set on a cellar deck approximately 15 ft below the main deck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Plancher inférieur au plancher de forage.

CONT

[...] sous l'action d'un vent de travers [la plate-forme] a tendance à faire cap au vent. Cet effet est obtenu par la localisation du cellar deck vers l'arrière. Remarquons, l'extension du chemin de roulement du pont roulant du cellar deck vers l'arrière, en porte à faux par rapport au plan d'entretoisement : il est ainsi possible d'aller pêcher un élément de tête de puits sur le pont d'un bateau ravitailleur amarré à couple.

Key term(s)
  • plancher inférieur

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-07-12

English

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

A submersible apparatus similar to a bathysphere in which men are lowered to the ocean bottom to work on the wellheads of completed wells. The wellhead contains a cellar to which the system is attached, allowing the men to work in a dry atmosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

The principal deck extending from front to back of a ship or offshore drilling rig.

CONT

[Offshore] drilling... proceeds as on land, the wellhead being set on a cellar deck approximately 15 ft below the main deck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Parties des bateaux
OBS

d'une plate-forme ou d'un navire de forage.

Spanish

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