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CASING SLIPS [7 records]

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Record 1 2015-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A holding device resting on the drilling floor, consisting of two or more serrated sliding wedges working inside a heavy cone-shaped bowl or collar, used to suspend casing in a drill hole during makeup or breakout.

French

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

Pièce fondue en cône creux garnie de coins et supportant une colonne de tubes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Oil Drilling
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A circular, steel device that holds slips serving to support a suspended string of drill pipe, casing, or tubing.

CONT

... a poor-boy junk basket is a homemade or other inexpensive device for collecting small, nondrillable material in the wellbore.

OBS

A spider may be split or solid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

Outil de repêchage employé pour récupérer des pièces de petite et moyenne dimensions.

CONT

Un outil de perforation brisé en cours de travail ou un objet métallique tombé par mégarde doivent être retirés du forage avant la reprise de la perforation. On utilise pour cela un tube dont l'extrémité inférieure, comporte de longues dents et qu'on appelle araignée [...] Descendue avec précaution, elle est mise lentement en rotation à 1 m au-dessus du fond et appuyée progressivement sur celui-ci, jusqu'à ce que ses dents soient bien fermées. Il ne reste plus qu'à la remonter et à recommencer si elle n'a pas saisi l'objet.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-05-16

English

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

A hydraulically operated tool that is run in above the fishing tool and anchored to the casing by slips.

CONT

The pulling tool exerts a strong upward pull on the fish by means of hydraulic power derived from fluid that is pumped down the fishing string.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-01-31

English

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

A heavy, steel, flanged fitting that connects to the first string of casing(that string nearest the surface) and provides a housing for the slips and packing assemblies by which intermediate strings of casing are suspended and the annulus sealed off.

OBS

bradenhead: ... now obsolete, casinghead being the preferred expression.

French

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

Assemblage métallique de surface comprenant une ou plusieurs vannes et qui permet d'isoler le puits du milieu ambiant.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Oil Drilling
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
OBS

casing slips : term rarely used in the singular(casing slip).

Key term(s)
  • casing slip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
OBS

coins de retenue pour tubage : terme rarement utilisé au singulier (coin de retenue pour tubage).

Key term(s)
  • coin de retenue pour tubage

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To install casing such that it is supported in the casinghead by means of slips. The casing is usually landed in the casinghead at exactly the position in which it was hanging when the cement plug reached its lowest point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-08-15

English

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

... a downhole tool(composed primarily of slips, a plug mandrel, and a rubber sealing element) that is run and set in casing to isolate a lower zone while testing an upper section.

French

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

Outil de sondage qui consiste en une paire de coins de retenue et un ou plusieurs packers.

OBS

Le bouchon provisoire est employé pour obturer temporairement le sondage contre la pression de fond pendant qu'on installe ou qu'on enlève la tête de puits. On peut aussi l'employer pour isoler une section d'un puits pendant la fracturation ou l'acidification. On pose quelquefois des bouchons permanents, d'autres bouchons comportent des mécanismes permettant de les poser et de les récupérer.

Spanish

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