TERMIUM Plus^®

Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An assembly, consisting of kelly, drill pipes, tools, collars and drilling bit joined together to form a string, which is suspended from a swivel in the derrick, and rotated by the rotary table. It is made up piece by piece, stands of pipe being added as the bit penetrates the formation.  9, record 1, English, - string

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The bit is fastened to the string, a long stretch of steel pipe sections that have been screwed together. The string hangs inside a casing called the conductor pipe.  10, record 1, English, - string

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Strictly, the drill string as described [in the source Whitehead, H., An A-Z Offshore Oil & Gas: an Illustrated International Glossary and Reference Guide to the Offshore Oil & Gas Industries and their Technology (WHIOF, 1983)] is the drill stem, and the drill string consists only of pipes and joints, but the term drill stem is seldom used other than with reference to a drill stem test.  9, record 1, English, - string

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] ensemble des tubes qui, depuis le trépan jusqu'au kelly, assurent la circulation de la boue et font tourner le trépan.  3, record 1, French, - train%20de%20tiges

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le train de tiges est constitué par de nombreux éléments de longueur variable (1,5 m, 3 m, 6 m par exemple), vissés les uns à la suite des autres. Les filetages peuvent être mâle et femelle [...], ou femelles, ou mâles suivant les cas.  7, record 1, French, - train%20de%20tiges

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT

La colonne de tubes est scellée dans le puits, par cimentage. [Télémécanique, n° 88, page 14.]  5, record 1, French, - train%20de%20tiges

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A small-diameter (2-4 in), removable pipe, set and sealed in a well inside a large-diameter casing placed in a producing horizon, through which oil and gas are produced (brought to the surface from the reservoir).  9, record 2, English, - tubing

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

When oil is found, the drilling stops. The bit and string are pulled out of the hole, and a pipe called a production casing is put into the hole and cemented in place. Another pipe, called tubing, is put inside the casing. The oil will be pumped through the tubing, which is connected to valves on a Christmas tree.  10, record 2, English, - tubing

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Production tubing is steel pipe smaller in diameter than the production casing. It is lowered into the casing and held in place by packers which also isolate the producing layers of rocks.  11, record 2, English, - tubing

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] tube métallique de plus petit diamètre qui est descendu dans le puits et sert à l'extraction des produits pétroliers.  5, record 2, French, - tubing

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Dans la plupart des cas, les sondages pétroliers comportent [...] une colonne de surface [...]; une colonne technique [...] [et] une colonne de production, si le puits est «positif», qui permet d'isoler la zone pétrolifère et à l'intérieur de laquelle sera descendu un tube d'écoulement du pétrole (tubing).  8, record 2, French, - tubing

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT

En surface, le casing [de production] et le tubing sont reliés aux tuyauteries qui doivent évacuer le pétrole produit par le sondage; on utilise à cette fin une tête de puits ou «arbre de Noël».  10, record 2, French, - tubing

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 CONT

Le tubing situé à l'intérieur du tubage de production est un conduit de petit diamètre, emprunté par le fluide produit pour son ascension depuis le fond jusqu'à la surface. On peut traduire ce terme par [...] conduit de production, ce qui évite toute confusion.  9, record 2, French, - tubing

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les termes «colonne de production» et «tube de production» sont officiellement recommandés par l'Administration française.  11, record 2, French, - tubing

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A circular, steel device that holds slips serving to support a suspended string of drill pipe, casing, or tubing.  2, record 3, English, - spider

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... a poor-boy junk basket is a homemade or other inexpensive device for collecting small, nondrillable material in the wellbore.  2, record 3, English, - spider

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A spider may be split or solid.  2, record 3, English, - spider

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Outil de repêchage employé pour récupérer des pièces de petite et moyenne dimensions.  2, record 3, French, - araign%C3%A9e

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 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.  3, record 3, French, - araign%C3%A9e

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The first string of casing to be set in a well.  4, record 4, English, - surface%20string

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 DEF

A short string of casing installed inside the conductor pipe in a well, and forming the base for attachment of well-head equipment. It is cemented in place just like any other casing, and derives its name from the fact that the top protrudes above the surface of the borehole.  1, record 4, English, - surface%20string

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Dans la plupart des cas, les sondages pétroliers comportent deux ou trois phases de forage qui permettent de mettre en place : une colonne de surface destinée à retenir les terrains de surface peu consolidés; d'une longueur comprise entre 100 et 1000 m, cette colonne sert en outre de support à la tête de puits; une colonne technique [...] [et] une colonne de production [...]  3, record 4, French, - colonne%20de%20surface

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A short section of casing, usually the bottom joint of the string, bounded by the casing shoe and the float collar which is used to contain the tail end cement slurry.  1, record 5, English, - shoe%20joint

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Petite section du tubage, généralement le joint inférieur de la colonne, située entre le sabot de tubage et l'anneau de cimentation, et qui sert à contenir le coulis de ciment utilisé à la fin du processus.  1, record 5, French, - joint%20de%20sabot

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The subassembly of a wellhead that supports the casing string when it is run into the wellbore. The casing hanger provides a means of ensuring that the string is correctly located and generally incorporates a sealing device or system to isolate the casing annulus from upper wellhead components.  3, record 6, English, - casing%20hanger

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A collar fitted on a churn drill string to enable it to be used as a hammer to drive casing pipe.  1, record 7, English, - drive%20clamp

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Outil servant à renforcer et protéger les masses-tiges dans leur rôle de tiges motrices.  2, record 7, French, - serre%2Djoint

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Pluriel : des serre-joints.  1, record 7, French, - serre%2Djoint

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

serre-joints (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).  3, record 7, French, - serre%2Djoint

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A short, heavy, hollow, cylindrical steel section, beveled on the bottom edge, that is placed on the end of the casing string to serve as a reinforcing shoe and to aid in cutting off minor projections from the bore hole wall as the casing is being lowered.  2, record 8, English, - casing%20shoe

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Pièce annulaire en acier, plus épaisse que les tubes composant le tubage, qui, fixée sur le prolongement inférieur du tubage, le protège et facilite sa descente dans le puits.  3, record 8, French, - sabot%20de%20tubage

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A circular rubber seal with a depressed center surrounded by a raised sealing lip.  2, record 9, English, - cup%2Dtype%20seal

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The advantage of the flapper disc seal over the cup-type seal is that the flapper-type seal won’t invert. Occasionally, the cup-style seal will invert and lodge the casing plunger in the production string, necessitating a wireline trip.  3, record 9, English, - cup%2Dtype%20seal

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Seals in one direction only allowing fluid to bypass it in the opposite direction.  2, record 9, English, - cup%2Dtype%20seal

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Joint en caoutchouc, à centre creux et à lèvre circulaire élevée pour une meilleure étanchéité.  2, record 9, French, - joint%2Dcalotte

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

joint-calotte : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.  3, record 9, French, - joint%2Dcalotte

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Joint calotte de pompe, joint calotte en U.  2, record 9, French, - joint%2Dcalotte

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A string of large diameter casing, typically 20 inches OD(508 mm), but sometimes larger, extending from the cellar deck in a jack-up drilling rig down into the borehole for about 60 metres.  5, record 10, English, - conductor%20pipe

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The bit is fastened to the string... The string hangs inside a casing called a conductor pipe.  6, record 10, English, - conductor%20pipe

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Drilling is started by attaching a short drill collar and a large bit to the kelly and drilling a hole to about 50 ft. A length of large size casing is run into this and cemented to the formation. This is called the conductor.  7, record 10, English, - conductor%20pipe

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Colonne de grand diamètre, enfoncée dans le sol sous-marin à la sortie du puits et émergeante, qui supporte la tête de puits située en surface.  4, record 10, French, - tube%20conducteur

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le tube conducteur qui, comme un entonnoir, guidera le trépan, s'insère dans le trou central [de la plaque de base].  5, record 10, French, - tube%20conducteur

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Mise en place du tube conducteur.  6, record 10, French, - tube%20conducteur

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Any string of casing whose top is located below the surface.  2, record 11, English, - liner

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A liner may serve as the oil string, extending from the producing interval to the next string of casing. A blank liner has no perforations. A perforated liner is perforated or slotted before being placed in the hole. A screen liner is perforated and then arranged with a wire wrapping which acts as a sieve to prevent the entry of sand particles.  3, record 11, English, - liner

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The liner is used to isolate or case off a section of hole below casing that has already been installed. It extends only a short distance into the bottom of the casing string above and does not extend all the way to the surface.  4, record 11, English, - liner

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Tout tubage dont la partie supérieure est située au-dessous du sol.  3, record 11, French, - colonne%20perdue

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Une colonne perdue] peut servir de colonne de production si elle relie une couche productive au tubage suivant.  3, record 11, French, - colonne%20perdue

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 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.  4, record 12, English, - casing%20drivehead

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

bradenhead: ... now obsolete, casinghead being the preferred expression.  4, record 12, English, - casing%20drivehead

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Assemblage métallique de surface comprenant une ou plusieurs vannes et qui permet d'isoler le puits du milieu ambiant.  2, record 12, French, - t%C3%AAte%20de%20sonde

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The principal component of a rotary, or rotary machine: used to turn the drill stem and support the drilling assembly.  3, record 13, English, - rotary%20table

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The rotary table is situated in the center of the derrick floor immediately over the well bore and directly under the center of the derrick or mast. Its function is to support the weight of any pipe or casing run into the hole and to provide rotary motion to the drillpipe string via the kelly...  4, record 13, English, - rotary%20table

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

RT: ... abbreviation ... used in drilling reports.  3, record 13, English, - rotary%20table

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] cette tige carrée est engagée dans une table de rotation située au niveau du plancher de la tour de sondage.  2, record 13, French, - table%20de%20rotation

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le niveau supérieur de la table est en principe le niveau de référence pour la mesure des profondeurs.  3, record 13, French, - table%20de%20rotation

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Plataforma de las sondas petrolíferas que imprime movimiento giratorio a la barrena.  1, record 13, Spanish, - mesa%20de%20rotaci%C3%B3n

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An interval in the cased hole where the top of a liner overlaps the bottom of a string of casing.  1, record 14, English, - lap

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The total footage of casing run in a well.  4, record 15, English, - casing%20string

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Casing is manufactured in lengths of about 30 ft, each length or joint being joined to another as casing is run in a well. The entire length of all the joints of casing is called the casing string.  3, record 15, English, - casing%20string

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The upper drill pipe is constantly moving vertically through the marine riser, the blowout preventers, the wellhead, and the casing strings.  5, record 15, English, - casing%20string

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 3 CONT

If casing is needed lower down than the bottom of the previous casing, a new string of lining pipe must be extended into the well from the surface. Each additional casing string reduces the internal diameter of the well.  6, record 15, English, - casing%20string

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The string of casing set in a well after the surface casing. Its purpose is to keep the hole from caving and, sometimes, to afford a strong string of pipe to which blowout preventers can be attached.  1, record 16, English, - intermediate%20casing%20string

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Tubage installé dans un puits après l'installation et à l'intérieur du tubage de surface et dans lequel les opérations de forage ultérieures peuvent être effectuées à l'intérieur du puits.  4, record 16, French, - colonne%20technique

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Dans la plupart des cas, les sondages pétroliers comportent deux ou trois phases de forage qui permettent de mettre en place: une colonne de surface [...]; une colonne technique nécessaire en cas de présence de couches ou fluides susceptibles d'empêcher la poursuite du forage (par exemple les terrains éboulants, des zones contenant des fluides à forte pression); une colonne de production [...]  5, record 16, French, - colonne%20technique

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The final string of casing set in a well after the productive capacity of the formation has been assured.  5, record 17, English, - oil%20string

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The oil string... contains the flow string of production tubing which conveys the fluid from the producing formation to the surface. Generally it is made from 7"(177. 8 mm) OD casing, but sometimes a liner pipe is used at the bottom of a well to extend the string to the producing zone.  2, record 17, English, - oil%20string

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 2 CONT

When oil is found, the drilling stops. The bit and string are pulled out of the hole, and a pipe called a production casing is put into the hole and cemented in place. Another pipe, called tubing, is put inside the casing. The oil will be pumped through the tubing, which is connected to valves on a Christmas tree.  6, record 17, English, - oil%20string

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 DEF

La plus petite colonne de tubages (colonne centrale) mise en place dans un trou de sonde pour des travaux de production ou d'injection.  5, record 17, French, - colonne%20de%20production

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Dans la plupart des cas, les sondages pétroliers comportent deux ou trois phases de forage qui permettent de mettre en place : une colonne de surface [...]; une colonne technique [...] [et] une colonne de production, si le puits est «positif», qui permet d'isoler la zone pétrolifère et à l'intérieur de laquelle sera descendu un tube d'écoulement du pétrole (tubing).  6, record 17, French, - colonne%20de%20production

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 2 CONT

L'effluent (pétrole, gaz, eau éventuellement) chemine depuis le fond du puits jusqu'à la surface par un conduit appelé tubing qui est disposé à l'intérieur du tubage de production.  6, record 17, French, - colonne%20de%20production

Record 17,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 18,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A string of casing set to protect a section of the hole and to permit drilling to continue to a greater depth...  2, record 18, English, - protection%20casing

Record 18,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Tubage] servant à protéger la partie supérieure du puits afin de poursuivre le forage en profondeur.  3, record 18, French, - tubage%20de%20protection

Record 18,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 19,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The operation of attempting to recover a piece of drilling or other equipment broken off or lost from the drilling tools and left in the hole.  1, record 19, English, - fishing

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Many types of fishing jobs can occur ranging from a single cutter lost from a bit head to a portion of a string of casing parted after being struck.  4, record 19, English, - fishing

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 2 CONT

This wear resulted from working through the casing for 33 days, which required 220 hours of rotating in the casing and 212 hours of tripping. This long exposure of the surface casing resulted from a fishing job ...  5, record 19, English, - fishing

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 3 CONT

In a well being drilled, the most common fishing operation is that required by the loss of a bit, one or more drill collars, or a part of the string of drill pipe. In reconditioning a well, it is often necessary to fish for packers, liners, screen pipe, etc.  6, record 19, English, - fishing

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 4 CONT

Some of the reasons a hole may be lost are a blowout or an unsuccessful fishing job.  7, record 19, English, - fishing

Record 19,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Opération destinée à retirer d'un sondage les parties d'outil ou objets étrangers qui gênent la continuation du forage.  3, record 19, French, - instrumentation

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 CONT

En cours de forage, il est fréquent d'assister à des coincements et à des ruptures du train de tiges [...] Le repêchage de tout objet resté dans le trou de sonde prend le nom d'instrumentation, opération très délicate.  4, record 19, French, - instrumentation

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Lorsque l'instrumentation s'avère trop longue et trop onéreuse, il faut se résigner à boucher le trou avec du ciment et à reprendre le forage en déviation au-dessus du poisson.  5, record 19, French, - instrumentation

Record 19,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 20,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A casing that is hung from a string of casing previously installed in a well and does not extend to the well-head.  1, record 20, English, - casing%20liner

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Where casing liners are used in lieu of full casing strings, the casing liner and the casing to which it is attached shall together meet the relevant design criteria ...  1, record 20, English, - casing%20liner

Record 20,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Tubage qui est suspendu à un train de tubages antérieurement installé dans un puits et qui n'atteint pas la tête du puits.  1, record 20, French, - tubage%20partiel

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Lorsque les tubages partiels sont utilisés plutôt que les colonnes complètes, le tubage partiel et le tubage auquel il est accroché répondent tous les deux aux critères de calcul applicables [...]  1, record 20, French, - tubage%20partiel

Record 20,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 21,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Conical-shaped cloth device used in cementing a drill column through perforations and preventing the cement from falling any lower.  3, record 21, English, - basket

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... a cement basket is a funnel shaped rubber bucket which is provided with spring type fingers to hold the upper rim against the well wall. A basket is run on a string of casing... when it is desirable, for reasons such as protecting a formation from contamination, to cement the casing only above the point at which the basket is set.  2, record 21, English, - basket

Record 21,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Écran conique en toile employé dans la cimentation d'une colonne de forage à travers les perforations, et empêchant le ciment de descendre au-dessous de son point de sortie.  1, record 21, French, - %C3%A9cran%20de%20cimentation

Record 21,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 22,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 22, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A special coupling device, inserted one or two joints above the bottom of the casing string, that contains a check valve to permit fluid to pass downward but not upward through the casing.  3, record 22, English, - float%20collar

Record number: 22, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The float collar prevents drilling mud from entering the casing while it is being lowered, allowing the casing to float during its descent and also decreasing the load on the derrick. The float collar also prevents a backflow of cement during the cementing operation.  3, record 22, English, - float%20collar

Record 22,  Textual support,  French

Record 22,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 23,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 23, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A short, heavy, cylindrical steel section with a rounded bottom, attached to the bottom of the casing string.  2, record 23, English, - float%20shoe

Record number: 23, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[The float shoe] contains a check valve and functions similarly to the float collar but also serves as a guide shoe for the casing.  2, record 23, English, - float%20shoe

Record 23,  Textual support,  French

Record 23,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 24,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 24, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A device for sealing the annular space between the top of a liner and the existing casing string.  2, record 24, English, - canvas%20packer

Record number: 24, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Obsolete.  2, record 24, English, - canvas%20packer

Record 24,  Textual support,  French

Record 24,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 25,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 25, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The amount of pressure that, when applied to a string of casing, causes the wall of the casing to fail.  2, record 25, English, - casing%2Dburst%20pressure

Record number: 25, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This pressure becomes of critical importance when a gas kick is being circulated out because gas on the way to the surface expands and exerts more pressure than it exerted at the bottom of the well.  2, record 25, English, - casing%2Dburst%20pressure

Record 25,  Textual support,  French

Record 25,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 26,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 26, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Bootleg packer. A makeshift packer. When it is important to set a string of casing to shut off water between the lowest upperwater sand and the first oil sand, and at the same time it is necessary to run tubing through the open hole to the oil sand, it is often a practice to make an upturned, truncated cone of canvas or leather, the small end of which is the size of the outside of the tubing.  2, record 26, English, - bootleg%20packer

Record 26,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 26, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Dispositif] permettant de fermer les eaux autour des tubes de pompage.  1, record 26, French, - presse%2D%C3%A9toupe%20de%20fortune

Record 26,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 27,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 27, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A method of producing a well by which only a small-diameter production casing is set through the pay zone, with no tubing or inner production string employed to bring formation fluids to the surface.  1, record 27, English, - tubingless%20completion

Record number: 27, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This type of completion has limited application in small-volume, dry-gas reservoirs.  1, record 27, English, - tubingless%20completion

Record 27,  Textual support,  French

Record 27,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 28,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 28, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A string of casing used to shut off all water above an oil sand.  2, record 28, English, - water%20string

Record 28,  Textual support,  French

Record 28,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 29,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 29, Textual support number: 1 DEF

To lower a string of casing into the hole.  1, record 29, English, - run%20pipe

Record 29,  Textual support,  French

Record 29,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 30,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 30, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A large valve, usually installed above the ram preventers, which forms a seal in the annular space between the pipe and wellbore or, if no pipe is present, on the wellbore itself.  5, record 30, English, - annular%20blowout%20preventer

Record number: 30, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An annular BOP will seal an irregular hole effectively, whether or not the drill string is in the casing, and furthermore the rubber is sufficiently pliable to enable the string to be moved up or down without fluid escaping.  6, record 30, English, - annular%20blowout%20preventer

Record number: 30, Textual support number: 1 OBS

... often called a Hydril after one of the manufacturers of such units.  4, record 30, English, - annular%20blowout%20preventer

Record number: 30, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Often any brand of annular preventer is called a Hydril, even though Cameron, Rucker-Shaffer, and others manufacture such units.  4, record 30, English, - annular%20blowout%20preventer

Record 30,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 30, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Obturateur antiéruption annulaire fermant sur tous les diamètres.  2, record 30, French, - obturateur%20annulaire

Record number: 30, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'obturateur annulaire (annular BOP) est l'obturateur le plus largement utilisé dans l'industrie des forages pétroliers.  3, record 30, French, - obturateur%20annulaire

Record number: 30, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Hydril : Dénomination d'un obturateur annulaire qui porte le nom de la compagnie qui le fabrique.  2, record 30, French, - obturateur%20annulaire

Record 30,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 31,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 31, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A short, heavy, cylindrical steel section, filled with concrete and rounded at the bottom, which is placed at the bottom end of the casing string.  1, record 31, English, - guide%20shoe

Record number: 31, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The guide shoe prevents the casing from hanging up on irregularities in the borehole as it is lowered. A passage through the center of the shoe allows the drilling fluid to pass up into the casing while it is being lowered and the cement to pass out through the shoe during cementing operations.  1, record 31, English, - guide%20shoe

Record 31,  Textual support,  French

Record 31,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 32,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 32, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A device installed on a gas-lift mandrel, which in turn is put on the tubing string of a gas-lift well. Tubing and casing pressures cause the valve to open and close thus allowing gas to be injected into the fluid in the tubing to cause the fluid to rise to the surface.  2, record 32, English, - gas%2Dlift%20valve

Record 32,  Textual support,  French

Record 32,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 33,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 33, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The first casing or conductor string(generally 30 or 36 in. in diameter) that is set in the drilling of a well from an offshore drilling rig. It prevents sloughing of the ocean-floor formations and is a structural support for the permanent guide base and blowout preventers.  3, record 33, English, - outer%20conductor

Record 33,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 33, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Tube de grand diamètre, en tôle roulée et soudée, généralement mis en place par le génie civil et servant au début d'un forage.  1, record 33, French, - tube%2Dguide%20ext%C3%A9rieur

Record 33,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 34,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 34, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A single well from which two separate formations may be produced at the same time. Production from each zone is segregated by running two tubing strings with packers inside the single string of production casing, or one tubing string with a packer may be run, and the other zone produced through the annulus.  1, record 34, English, - dual%20completion

Record number: 34, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A miniaturized dual completion may be employed in which two separate 4 ½-in. or smaller casing strings are run and cemented in the same wellbore, or a dual tubingless completion could be utilized.  1, record 34, English, - dual%20completion

Record 34,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 34, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Mise en production de deux couches superposées par deux colonnes parallèlement ou concentriquement dans l'espace annulaire du forage.  2, record 34, French, - compl%C3%A9tion%20double

Record 34,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 35,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 35, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A length of casing with one kind of thread on the field end and a different thread in the coupling.  1, record 35, English, - crossover%20joint

Record number: 35, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Crossover joints are used to make a changeover from one thread to a different one in a string of casing.  1, record 35, English, - crossover%20joint

Record 35,  Textual support,  French

Record 35,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 36,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 36, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A flanged fitting that supports the tubing string, seals off pressures between the casing and the outside of the tubing, and provides a connection that supports the Christmas tree.  1, record 36, English, - tubing%20head

Record 36,  Textual support,  French

Record 36,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 37,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 37, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A list of the various grades and weights of pipe available for the casing string, which includes pertinent safety factors such as stress effects to permit selection of the most economical and safest casing for a specific job.  2, record 37, English, - casing%20design%20chart

Record 37,  Textual support,  French

Record 37,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 38,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 38, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Mock casings. Plain seams, threaded with round elastic or fine strong string, can substitute for conventional casing. Effect resembles shirring.  1, record 38, English, - mock%20casing

Record 38,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 38, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Fausses coulisses. Des coutures simples faites avec un élastique rond ou une solide corde fine remplacent la coulisse classique. Effet de fronces.  1, record 38, French, - fausse%20coulisse

Record 38,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 39,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 39, Textual support number: 1 DEF

String, cord,... inserted in casing, hem, heading, or eyelets, to draw up fulness. Often used in garments and dress accessories.  1, record 39, English, - drawstring

Record 39,  Textual support,  French

Record 39,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 40,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 40, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... a packer assembly which is set in the open hole or in a casing above the producing formation whereby the hydrostatic head of the mud column is contained and thus allows fluid from the formation to flow freely into the test string and to surface where it can be measured and analysed.  1, record 40, English, - formation%20tester

Record 40,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 40, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dispositif de mise en évidence des fluides imprégnant une formation et de leur pression vierge.  2, record 40, French, - appareil%20d%27essai%20des%20couches

Record 40,  Textual support,  Spanish