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BAILING OUT [4 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 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
Key term(s)
  • bailing-out

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Airborne Forces
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

Emergency departure and parachute descent from an aircraft aloft.

DEF

The act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.

Key term(s)
  • bail out
  • bailing out

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Forces aéroportées
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

L'évacuation du bord est une éventualité extrêmement rare sur un avion moderne; mais, comme elle peut malgré tout se présenter, il y a lieu d'étudier la procédure à suivre.

OBS

Le commandant d'avion est responsable de la décision et des ordres d'abandon de l'appareil.

OBS

Un rapport d'abandon de bord en détresse doit être établi chaque fois qu'un abandon de bord a été effectivement tenté, qu'il ait été réussi ou non.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Water Drainage
CONT

Bailing out of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écoulement et épuisement des eaux de mines
CONT

Épuisement des eaux.

Spanish

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