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HEAD WELL PULLER [1 record]

Record 1 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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