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PIPE STRING [39 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-17

English

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

The addition of a length of drill pipe or tubing to the active string. The length to be added is placed in the mousehole, made up to the kelly, pulled out of the mousehole, and subsequently made up into the string.

OBS

Compare with "rathole connection."

French

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-10-12

English

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

... an opening on the rig floor that extends downward through the substructure and a short distance into the ground, in which a length of drill pipe is temporarily placed for later connection to the drill stem.

CONT

The mousehole is used to stow the next joint of pipe until it is required for threading into the drill string.

French

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

Trou auxiliaire de stockage en surface de la tige de forage à ajouter.

OBS

trou de souris : terme officiellement recommandé par le Gouvernement français comme le titre du livre duquel il est tiré le précise

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-23

English

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

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.

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.

French

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

[...] ensemble des tubes qui, depuis le trépan jusqu'au kelly, assurent la circulation de la boue et font tourner le trépan.

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.

CONT

La colonne de tubes est scellée dans le puits, par cimentage. [Télémécanique, n° 88, page 14.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
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Record 4 2015-04-21

English

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

... a procedure adopted in special circumstances when the circulating fluid is pumped down the annular space between the well wall and the drill pipe and is returned through the drill string.

OBS

For special problems, normal circulation is sometimes reversed, and the fluid returns to the surface through the drill stem, or tubing, after being pumped down the annulus.

OBS

In reverse circulation methods, the fluid is introduced at the annulus and returns inside the drill string.

OBS

As opposed to "normal circulation."

French

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

[Circulation du fluide de forage] de l'annulaire vers le tube de production.

CONT

«Circulation inverse» [...] on peut, en renversant le sens de circulation, c'est-à-dire en injectant la boue dans l'espace annulaire du forage éventuellement obturé à sa partie supérieure par un presse-étoupe laissant passer les tiges, profiter de la vitesse ascensionnelle de la boue dans les tiges pour remonter au jour les morceaux de carottes au fur et à mesure de leur extraction.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-04-13

English

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

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.

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.

French

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

[...] tube métallique de plus petit diamètre qui est descendu dans le puits et sert à l'extraction des produits pétroliers.

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).

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».

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.

OBS

Les termes «colonne de production» et «tube de production» sont officiellement recommandés par l'Administration française.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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Record 6 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 7 2015-03-24

English

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

The first string of casing to be set in a well.

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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)
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 [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-02-17

English

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

By using the appropriate combination of kinds and weights of pipe in a long string, a combination string can be designed to best withstand the conditions encountered during the life of the well and allow for efficient production at a minimum of cost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

[...] colonne obtenue par l'assemblage d'éléments de calibre variable.

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-03-02

English

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

... a solid shaft or cylindrical bar of steel or iron attached to the drill bit to give it weight.

OBS

Used in drilling for purposes such as blasting, exploration, prospecting, valuation, or obtaining oil, gas or water.

OBS

The drill stem is composed of drill pipe and drill collars, whereas the drill string does not include the drill collars.

French

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

Tube cylindrique de faible diamètre, permettant l'entraînement du trépan au fond d'un puits en forage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
DEF

Tubo cilíndrico mediante el cual se accioná el trépano durante una perforación.

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Record 10 2012-02-15

English

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

An extension of pipe from the blowout-preventer assembly, used to direct well fluids from the annulus to the choke manifold.

CONT

In the event of high pressure kick with the drill string in the hole the blowout preventer is closed around the drill pipe and the mud is circulated down the drill string and back to the mud tanks through the choke line and back-pressure manifold.

OBS

choke: An orifice installed in a line to restrict the flow or control the rate of production.

French

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

L'exploitant veille à ce que le bloc d'obturation [...] comprenne [...] une ligne de duse partant de chaque croix de circulation et équipée d'une vanne située à proximité du bloc d'obturation [...]

OBS

duse : Orifice calibré permettant de régler le débit d'un puits.

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-01-30

English

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

A collar fitted on a churn drill string to enable it to be used as a hammer to drive casing pipe.

French

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

Outil servant à renforcer et protéger les masses-tiges dans leur rôle de tiges motrices.

OBS

Pluriel : des serre-joints.

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).

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Drilling and Boring (Construction)
CONT

The HDD construction method is used to install pipelines beneath obstacles-such as stream crossings, lakes, coastal bluffs and road or railroad crossings where conventional open trench pipe construction techniques would cause unacceptable environmental disturbance or resource impacts. Using the continuous bore hole method, a HDD tunnels beneath surface obstacles and then pulls pipeline back through the underground tunnel, leaving the surface undisturbed. The HDD installation involves four main steps : pre-site planning, drilling the pilot hole, expanding pilot hole by reaming, and pullback of a pre-fabricated steel pipe string.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Sondage et forage (Construction)
CONT

Le forage directionnel horizontal est une technique de construction pour l'installation de conduites ou de câbles de petites dimensions ne nécessitant pas le creusage de tranchées. Elle s'est développée à partir des technologies de forage vertical principalement utilisées en industrie pétrolière.

Spanish

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Record 13 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
DEF

A ram specially designed to cut through or shear drill pipe when the string is in the hole and it is necessary to seal the bore completely and quickly against high well pressure.

DEF

A closure mechanism on a well’s blowout preventer stack fitted with chisel-like jaws that are hydraulically operated. When the ram is closed on the pipe the jaws or blades cut the pipe, permitting the upper section to be removed from the BOP stack.

CONT

... shear rams cut through drill pipe and then form a seal.

CONT

Shear rams are used in mobile, offshore drilling operations to afford a quick method for moving the rig away from the hole when there is not time to trip the drill stem out of the hole.

Key term(s)
  • shear rams
  • shearing ram
  • shearing rams

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
DEF

Opercule d'un obturateur de puits muni de lames qui permettent d'assurer une coupure instantanée des tiges.

CONT

[Figure.] Obturateur double à mâchoires (dont un jeu de mâchoires-cisailles).

OBS

Les BOP [obturateurs de puits] fonctionnent à 1 500 psi (pression maxi de travail) sauf pour la fonction de cisaillage («shear-ram») de la garniture où la pression nécessaire peut être importante compte tenu de la résistance des tiges.

OBS

mâchoire de sécurité à cisaillement : terme confirmé par l'Institut français du pétrole.

Key term(s)
  • mâchoires de sécurité à cisaillement
  • mâchoires coupantes
  • mâchoires cisaillantes
  • mâchoires-cisailles

Spanish

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Record 14 2007-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Condition for working coiled tubing through a pressurized stripper, where wellbore pressure applied against the cross-sectional area of the tube creates an upward acting force greater than the weight of the tubing in the wellbore.

CONT

Snubbing usually requires an array of wireline blocks and wire rope that forces the pipe or tools into the well through a stripper head or blowout preventer until the weight of the string is sufficient to overcome the lifting effect of the well pressure on the pipe in the stripper.

OBS

snubbing: A term used to describe the process of removing or installing pipe into a pressurized well bore, using specialized equipment including blowout preventers in a special arrangement.

OBS

In this condition, mechanical assistance is required to apply thrust to the tubing while injecting or to maintain control of the tubing when extracting. This condition is commonly called "light pipe operations."

OBS

pressure control: commonly referred to as snubbing; running of tool and/or pulling of tubing under well pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Technique d'intervention sur un puits non neutralisé par introduction d'éléments tubulaires sous pression.

Spanish

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Record 15 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

An old fashion [and affordable] device used for tuning music instruments, especially guitars.

OBS

The pitch pipe is an instrument provided with separate pipes, each one matching the pitch of each string.

OBS

[The pitch pipe] works by tuning to the notes created by blowing into its six tubes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Diapason classique doté de soufflets que l'on emploie pour accorder divers instruments de musique, notamment les guitares.

Spanish

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Record 16 2006-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
CONT

How to roll paper logs : Wet each end of one or two newspaper sheets with water; insert one end of your newspaper sheet into the center metal pipe with the slit; roll your newspaper sheet thru with the handle; attach your next sheet of newspaper onto your first sheet before completely rolling your first sheet thru; continue steps 1 thru 4 until you have created your own custom size paper log; tie each log with either string or a wire trash bag tie.

Key term(s)
  • log of paper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 17 2006-03-06

English

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

A rig that drills for oil and gas.

CONT

An oil rig is a contraption which makes a hole in the ground to allow one to retrieve profitable quantities of oil or gas. It may be as simple as a hammer and a basket lowered on a cable(a "cable tool", still used... in some parts of West Virginia), but since 1900 a "rig" refers to a rotary drilling rig, wherein a bit is screwed onto the bottom of some pipe, and the pipe is turned at the surface("rotary") and the whole "drill string" drills a hole into the ground.

OBS

rig: 1. An assembly of hole boring equipment used for drilling for oil or gas. The principal components of a rig ... comprise a derrick, the drawworks, with its drilling line, crown and travelling blocks, and a drilling fluid circulation system, including standpipe, flexible hose, mud tanks and pumps. ... 2. A self-contained unit equipped with hole boring equipment and used for drilling for oil or gas offshore.

French

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

Installation située en mer où sont menées les opérations d'exploration et d'exploitation de gisements d'hydrocarbures.

CONT

Les plates-formes pétrolières construites dans des chantiers spécialisés à terre, sont amenées en mer, soit sur barges, soit en remorque. Elles sont utilisées pour le forage, la production, le traitement, le stockage, le chargement et l'habitation.

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 pétrolière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
Key term(s)
  • plataforma petrolera
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Record 18 2005-08-17

English

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

CONT

The bit is fastened to the string... The string hangs inside a casing called a conductor pipe.

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.

French

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

CONT

Le tube conducteur qui, comme un entonnoir, guidera le trépan, s'insère dans le trou central [de la plaque de base].

PHR

Mise en place du tube conducteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
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Record 19 2005-01-10

English

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

The principal component of a rotary, or rotary machine: used to turn the drill stem and support the drilling assembly.

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...

OBS

RT: ... abbreviation ... used in drilling reports.

French

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

[...] cette tige carrée est engagée dans une table de rotation située au niveau du plancher de la tour de sondage.

OBS

Le niveau supérieur de la table est en principe le niveau de référence pour la mesure des profondeurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
DEF

Plataforma de las sondas petrolíferas que imprime movimiento giratorio a la barrena.

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Record 20 2004-09-07

English

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

The total footage of casing run in a well.

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.

CONT

The upper drill pipe is constantly moving vertically through the marine riser, the blowout preventers, the wellhead, and the casing strings.

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.

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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Record 21 2004-09-07

English

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

Key term(s)
  • intermediate-casing string

French

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

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 [...]

Spanish

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Record 22 2004-09-07

English

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

The final string of casing set in a well after the productive capacity of the formation has been assured.

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.

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.

French

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

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).

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.

Spanish

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Record 23 2004-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
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.

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.

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 ...

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.

CONT

Some of the reasons a hole may be lost are a blowout or an unsuccessful fishing job.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
DEF

Opération destinée à retirer d'un sondage les parties d'outil ou objets étrangers qui gênent la continuation du forage.

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.

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.

Spanish

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Record 24 2004-06-17

English

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

A fishing tool that goes inside pipe that is lost in a well to obtain a friction grip and permit recovery.

CONT

The spear is lowered down the hole and into the lost pipe, and when weight, torque, or both is applied to the string to which the spear is attached, the slips expand and tightly grip the inside wall of the lost pipe. Then the string, spear, and lost pipe are pulled to the surface.

OBS

spear: ... A prefix is often added to the name to indicate its most prominent feature, thus there is the releasing spear and the retriever spear ...

French

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

Le repêchage du poisson se fait avec différents outils suivant que l'on peut ou non le coiffer facilement. Ce sont : - l'overshot et la cloche taraudée (outils femelles), - le harpon et le taraud (outils mâles). L'overshot et le harpon permettent de rétablir la circulation et de lâcher prise éventuellement [...] Overshot et harpon [...] comprennent des coins ou des plaques, en forme de mâchoires, associés à des ressorts, et une garniture d'étanchéité en caoutchouc pour permettre le rétablissement de la circulation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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Record 25 2002-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Oceanography
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
DEF

A device for recovering manganese nodules from the ocean floor and transporting them (to the collecting ship at sea).

OBS

Nodule exploration, Interocean 1976/107, p.5

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Océanographie
  • Extraction et transport du minerai

Spanish

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Record 26 2001-03-27

English

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

A swage nipple, usually beveled, that is installed on the top of a string of pipe that does not extend to the surface.

OBS

The adapter functions to prevent the hanging up of a smaller string of pipe or tools on the top of the column when they are run in the well.

French

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

[Dispositif] permettant de raccorder deux tubages de diamètre différent.

Spanish

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Record 27 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A device made up in the drill string that, when actuated, delivers a heavy downward blow to the string.

CONT

A bumper jar has a hollow body that moves upward when the drill string is picked up. When the string is dropped quickly, the jar body produces a sharp downward blow on the tubing or pipe made up below the jar. If downward blows can free a fish, a bumper jar can be very effective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 28 2000-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
DEF

Insertion of a new pipe by pulling or pushing it into the existing pipe and grouting the annular space. The pipe used may be continuous or a string of discrete pipes.

DEF

A trenchless method of rehabilitating an existing pipe with a minimum of excavation by pushing the new piping inside of an existing secondary (outer) pipe instead of replacing the existing piping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Canalisations à grande distance
DEF

[Technique de réhabilitation qui] permet la rénovation et le renforcement d'une conduite par l'insertion d'un autre tuyau à l'intérieur de la conduite existante (conduite d'accueil).

OBS

Il existe cinq procédés de tubage soit à tuyaux déformés, à tuyaux comprimés, à tuyaux spiralés, à insertion continue et à insertion segmentée.

OBS

Ne pas confondre le tubage avec le chemisage qui permet de rénover une conduite par l'installation d'une gaine souple, imprégnée d'une résine, à l'intérieur d'une conduite existante.

PHR

Réhabilitation par tubage.

Spanish

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Record 29 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To put pipe or tools into a high pressure well that has not been killed (i.e., to run pipe or tools into the well against pressure).

OBS

Snubbing usually requires an array of wireline blocks and wire rope that forces the pipe or tools into the well through a stripper head or blowout preventer until the weight of the string is sufficient to overcome the lifting effect of the well pressure on the pipe in the stripper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 30 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
DEF

An accessory to the fishing tool, placed above it. If the tool cannot be disengaged from the fish, the safety joint permits easy disengagement of the string of pipe above the safety joint.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 31 2000-05-10

English

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

The addition of a length of drill pipe or tubing to the active string. The length to be added is placed in the rathole, made up to the kelly, pulled out of the rathole, and made up into the string.

OBS

Compare with "mousehole connection."

French

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

Spanish

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Record 32 2000-02-09

English

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

string up : To prepare block and lines for pulling or running pipe or tools.

French

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

[Prêt] pour le levage [...]

Spanish

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Record 33 2000-02-09

English

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

The distance a string of pipe will stretch before it leaves the bottom of the hole.

French

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

Allongement du train de tiges avant son décollage à la remontée.

Spanish

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Record 34 2000-01-26

English

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

... A tool that is designed to measure the amount of stretch in a string of stuck pipe and to indicate the deepest point at which the pipe is free.

CONT

The free-point indicator is lowered into the well on a conducting cable. Each end of a strain-gauge element is anchored to the pipe wall by friction springs or magnets, and, as strain is put on the pipe, a very accurate measurement of its stretch is transmitted to the surface. By interpreting the stretch measurements, the depth at which the pipe is stuck is determined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

Appareil permettant de déterminer l'endroit où les tiges de forage sont coincées.

Spanish

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Record 35 1999-11-03

English

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

A ring of wedges or a threaded, tapered ring that supports a string of pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 36 1999-03-24

English

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

A device that is used in fishing for drill pipe. If the upper end of the lost pipe is leaning against the side of the wellbore, the wall hook centers it in the hole so that it may be recovered with an overshot, which is run on the fishing string and attached to the wall hook.

French

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

Crochet généralement découpé dans un tronçon de tube, que l'on fixe à l'extrémité inférieure d'un outil de repêchage pour redresser la tête d'un poisson - tige ou masse-tige - incliné contre la paroi du forage, de manière à en rendre la prise possible.

Spanish

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Record 37 1998-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Documents (Industries)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents techniques (Industries)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 38 1998-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motors (Machinery)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A turbodrill or Dyna-Drill.

CONT

When a downhole motor is used, it is attached to the lower end of the drill string; then the bit is attached to the bottom end of the downhole motor. The drilling motor rotates the bit, rather than the bit being rotated by the drill pipe string.

CONT

There are two types of turbodrill or down-hole mud motor: the turbine, of which there are about six successful types, and the Dynadrill, a Moyno pump operating in reverse, consisting of a spiral shaft contained within a rubber sleeve. ... The down-hole turbine is basically similar to a gas turbine having a multi-stage stator and rotor.

OBS

Source of "downhole motor": Kennedy, John L. Fundamentals of Drilling: Technology and Economics. Tulsa (Okla.): PennWell, 1983, p. 34.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs mécaniques
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 39 1980-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canalisations à grande distance

Spanish

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