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HEAD RIG [7 records]

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Record 1 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground-Drilling Facilities (Mining)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Hollow, externally flush-coupled rods connecting the bit and core barrel in a borehole to the swivel head of a rotary-drill rig on the surface.

CONT

The drill pipe transmits the rotating motion from the rotary table to the bit and conducts the drilling mud from the surface to the bottom of the hole.

OBS

drill pipe: A petroleum driller’s term for drill rods.

OBS

bore red; boring red: Terms used primarily by soil and foundation testing engineers for the equipment customarily called a drill rod by drillers and miners.

PHR

Drill-pipe sticking.

Key term(s)
  • diamond drill pipe
  • diamond drill rod

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de forage minier
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Chacune des tiges métalliques qui se vissent bout à bout, et qui relient la sondeuse à l'outil de sondage. (Elles sont généralement creuses, pour permettre l'injection de la boue de curage par le canal central.)

CONT

Les tiges de forage ont, en général, 9 m de longueur et leur diamètre est compris entre 6 et 16,8 cm. Elles portent à leurs extrémités des raccords spéciaux [...] au moyen desquels on les visse l'une à l'autre.

PHR

Blocage de tige de forage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de perforación minera
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
CONT

El tubo de perforación (drill pipe) es la tubería hueca, gruesa amurallada, de acero que se usa sobre plataformas de perforación para facilitar la perforación de un wellbore y viene en una variedad de tamaños, fuerzas y pesos, pero son típicamente de 30 a 33 pies de longitud. Son huecos para permitir fluido de petróleo que esta bombeado por ellos.

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Record 2 2006-03-11

English

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

Equipment had been temporarily placed along the sides of the new lease and would be put in its operating position as soon as the matting was placed beside the proposed well head. The matting is a wood platform that is placed on the ground and the rig is set on top of the matting.

CONT

Lister Rig Mats provide a solid base for all your drilling needs. Our Rig Mats are also utilized as: · loading pallets and ramps; · barge liners for heavy weight load distribution; · floors for field machine shops and warehouses; . pipeline and pedestrian bridges; · helicopter pads; · tank and camp foundations. The average life of a Rig Mat is 10 years, but many have continued to be active for 15-20 years. ... Our rig mats consist of two continuous wood sections with laminations glued and nailed together. The glue between the wooden planks reduces weight gain caused by liquid retention. Strength is mainly provided by the steel beams, and the wood sections assisted by lateral flat bars transfer part of the load from one beam to another.

French

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

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plateforme de bois modulaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Natural Gas and Derivatives
DEF

Low pressure gas produced at the well head of a well that is primarily oil-producing, it helps to bring oil to the surface and is rich in heavy hydrocarbons.

CONT

Casing head gas can be employed to power equipment on the rig; it can be compressed and reinjected to help oil flow, or it is sometimes flared.

OBS

casing-head gas: So named as it is usually collected, or separated from the oil, at the casing head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Gaz naturel et dérivés
DEF

Gaz enfermé par la tête de tubage ou, en général, gaz de toute couche sus-jacente au pétrole.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Yacimientos petrolíferos
  • Gas natural y derivados
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Record 4 2002-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

The primary saw in a sawmill operation, on which logs are first cut into cants before being sent on to other saws for further processing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Scie occupant la position de machine de tête dans une installation de sciage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
  • Aserradura de la madera
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Record 5 2000-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
  • Outfitting of Ships
DEF

A spar supporting or extending the upper edge of a four-sided sail.

CONT

The gaff supports... the head of the sail in a gaff rig, and terminates usually in a jaw.

OBS

gaff: term also used in sailing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
  • Armement et gréement
DEF

Vergue supérieure, oblique, d'une voile aurique.

OBS

corne : terme employé aussi à la voile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
  • Vela y navegación de placer
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
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Record 6 2000-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The driller or head well puller in charge of operations on a well-servicing rig employed to pull sucker rods or tubing.

CONT

A head well puller or crew chief is the foreman of a well-servicing crew; he is also called a unit operator.

OBS

The person running a well-servicing machine is usually spoken of ... as the unit operator, though he may be called the crew chief ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 7 1987-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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