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DEFLECTION WEDGE [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

deflection wedge : an item in the "Mining and Mineral Harvesting Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

sifflet déviateur : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement d'exploitation minière et d'extraction minérale» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-20

English

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

A long, steel casing using an inclined plane to cause the bit to deflect from the original borehole at a slight angle.

CONT

Whipstocks are used in controlled directional drilling, for straightening crooked boreholes, and for sidetracking in order to avoid unretrieved fish.

OBS

All such devices are basically long, tapered, concave metal plugs which can be set at a predetermined point and bearing in a borehole ...

Key term(s)
  • deflection drive wedge
  • deflecting drive wedge

French

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

Outil utilisé pour dévier la trajectoire d'un puits de forage.

OBS

Terme officiellement recommandé par le Gouvernement français.

OBS

L'usage du sifflet déviateur a été avantageusement remplacé par celui de la turboforeuse.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A cylindrical piece of wood or an expandable apparatus placed in a borehole to act as a watertight or gastight seal or as a base into which the drive wedge of a borehole deflection device is driven.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Bouchon plein, le plus souvent reforable, mis intentionnellement à une profondeur déterminée pour occlure la section interne d'une colonne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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Record 4 2001-06-14

English

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

A deflection wedge used to deflect a crooked borehole back into its intended course.

French

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

Outil utilisé pour rétablir la trajectoire d'un forage dévié.

Spanish

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