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WELL BAILER [6 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

well bailer : 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

cuillère de curage : 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 2012-01-24

English

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

To recover bottomhole fluids, samples, or drill cuttings by lowering a cylindrical vessel called a bailer to the bottom of a well, filling it, and retrieving it.

CONT

Water must be present in the bottom of the hole to keep the rock fragments in suspension, and from time to time the excess water and rock particles must be bailed out.

CONT

At the top of the derrick there is a crown block containing pulley wheels over which are run three steel cables: the casing line ..., the sand line for bailing out the well, and the drilling line ...

French

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

Vider un forage des sédiments, détritus, eau et autres objets qui l'encombrent au moyen d'une cuiller à clapet.

PHR

Curer un puits.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Removal of the cuttings from a well during cable-tool drilling or liquid from a well by means of a bailer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
PHR

Curage d'un puits.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-03-15

English

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

In petroleum production, one who removes mud, water and slush from the bottom of a well using a bailer(cylinder of pipe equipped with valve at bottom for admission of fluid) supported by a cable.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-03-15

English

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

A tank placed over the mouth of an oil well to receive the contents of the bailer;...

French

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

[...] récipient dans lequel est vidée la cuiller.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-12-17

English

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

A tool, such as a bailer, a swab or another fishing tool, used to clean out an oil well.

French

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

Spanish

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