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WELL BLOWOUT [24 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
  • Oil Production
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Blowout Prevention Measures. [The Canada-Nova-Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board] requires operators to demonstrate the equipment and measures they will employ to prevent a blowout, as well as the equipment and measures to contain and stop the flow of oil from a blowout. This must include measures for monitoring and [managing] wellbore pressure and a description of the function and features of the blowout preventer to prevent a blowout.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Production pétrolière
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Mesures de prévention des éruptions. [L'Office Canada-Nouvelle-Écosse des hydrocarbures extracôtiers demande] aux exploitants de faire la démonstration de l'équipement et des mesures qu'ils utiliseront pour empêcher une éruption, ainsi que de l'équipement et des mesures pour contenir et arrêter le flux d'hydrocarbures à la suite d'une éruption. Cela doit comprendre des mesures de surveillance et de gestion de la pression du puits de forage et une description de la fonction et des caractéristiques du bloc d'obturation de puits pour empêcher une éruption.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-05-30

English

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

The entire well control equipment comprising a blowout preventer valve, an accumulator and a piping system providing a safe flow of liquid or gas during the drilling, completion, conversion and closing of a well...

Key term(s)
  • blow-out prevention system

French

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

Ensemble des équipements de contrôle d'un puits comprenant un obturateur, un accumulateur ainsi qu'un réseau de conduites permettant un écoulement sécuritaire de liquide ou de gaz lors des opérations de forage, de complétion, de modification et de fermeture d'un puits.

Key term(s)
  • système antiéruption

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

An uncontrolled flow of gas, oil, or other well fluids from a well to the atmosphere.

Key term(s)
  • well blow-out
  • blow-out

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Jaillissement violent et soudain de gaz ou d'huile d'un sondage.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

Joint capable of allowing relative movement between the component parts. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

Examples of this type of joint are: a) socket and spigot joints with an elastomeric sealing element (including double socket designs); b) flexible locked socket and spigot joints with an elastomeric sealing element (including double socket designs); c) clamped joints, for example bolted couplings including joints made from materials other than GRP.

CONT

Inside diameter of the riser pipe and its size compatibility with the subsea blowout preventers and the proposed well program are important to the potential customer. The telescoping joint, its diameter and length of stroke, and the type of flexible joint, its diameter and maximum angle, need consideration.

OBS

flexible joint : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Canalisations à grande distance
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

Assemblage permettant un mouvement relatif des composants entre eux. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

DEF

Joint conçu de telle façon que la conduite puisse subir de légères déformations.

OBS

Des exemples de ce type d'assemblage sont : a) l'assemblage à bout mâle et emboîture avec bague d'étanchéité en élastomère (y compris l'assemblage par manchon à deux emboîtures); b) l'assemblage flexible verrouillé à bout mâle et emboîture avec bague d'étanchéité en élastomère (y compris l'assemblage par manchon à deux emboîtures); c) l'assemblage mécanique, par exemple l'assemblage boulonné comprenant des pièces fabriquées en des matériaux autres que le PRV.

CONT

Le retour de boue jusqu'en surface est assuré par un tube goulotte (ou «riser») [...] composé d'un raccord flexible au pied et d'un raccord coulissant au sommet pour tolérer tous les mouvements divers de la plate-forme flottante.

OBS

assemblage flexible : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 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 6 2005-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The equipment installed at the wellhead on the surface for the purpose of preventing the escape of pressures in the annular space between the casing and drill pipe or in an open hole during drilling and completion operations.

CONT

During drilling blowout preventers... are connected to the top of the wellhead. These are used to shut in and control the well in the event of gas or oil being encountered at pressures higher than those exerted by the column of mud in the hole. They consist of two or three ram preventers and one bag-type preventer, and their working pressure is 3000, 5000 or 10, 000 lb/sq in, depending on the well depth and pressures expected.

Key term(s)
  • blow out preventer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Dispositif permettant de fermer rapidement la tête d'un sondage en cas de venue de gaz.

CONT

Un début d'éruption [...] est normalement contrôlé au moyen d'obturateurs de sécurité placés en tête de puits. Ceux-ci sont des vannes spéciales qui permettent d'obturer l'espace annulaire en surface et, lorsque la masse volumique du fluide de forage est insuffisante, de remplacer celui-ci par un fluide plus lourd, en réalisant une circulation sous pression [...] En général, le puits est équipé d'un jeu de deux ou trois obturateurs dont la fermeture est commandée hydrauliquement et qui peuvent supporter des pressions de 210, 350 ou 700 bars.

CONT

[...] fermeture du puits par BOP [...]

OBS

À strictement parler, le terme «bloc obturateur de puits» désigne l'ensemble du dispositif de sécurité, lequel peut comprendre plusieurs obturateurs de sécurité. Son emploi est commode du fait que l'abréviation BOP, la même qu'en anglais, lui correspond. Cette dernière est couramment utilisée.

OBS

obturateur anti-éruption : Source : Règlement concernant le forage des puits de pétrole et de gaz naturel au Canada.

OBS

vanne d'éruption : Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • vannes d'éruption

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-08-04

English

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

A high-pressure line that connects the mud pump and the well and through which heavy drilling fluid can be pumped into the well to control a threatened blowout

French

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

Conduit fixé en un point quelconque de l'obturateur de sécurité et servant au pompage du fluide de forage dans un puits pour en réduire la pression.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
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Record 8 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 9 2001-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

To blow out; to kick.

CONT

... the well will "come to see you" if a blowout occurs.

OBS

[Term] descriptive of [an] impending blowout.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-01-17

English

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

To cave in; to fail.

OBS

Sometimes, after violent blowout, the force of the escaping fluids from the wellbore causes a large hole to be blown in the earth; in this case the well is said to have cratered.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-01-17

English

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

A device employed in the marine riser system of a mobile, offshore drilling rig to compensate for the vertical motion of the rig caused by wind, waves, etc. It consists of an inner barrel that is attached beneath the rig floor and an outer barrel attached to the riser pipe. It is an integral part of the riser system.

CONT

Inside diameter of the riser pipe and its size compatibility with the subsea blowout preventers and the proposed well program are important to the potential customer. The telescoping joint, its diameter and length of stroke, and the type of flexible joint, its diameter and maximum angle, need consideration.

Key term(s)
  • telescopic joint

French

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

Joint coulissant au sommet d'un tube-guide marin. Le joint télescopique permet à l'installation de s'élever et de s'abaisser un peu par rapport à la tête de puits, sans imposer une tension exagérée au tube-guide.

CONT

Le retour de boue jusqu'en surface est assuré par un tube goulotte (ou «riser») [...] composé d'un raccord flexible au pied et d'un raccord coulissant au sommet pour tolérer tous les mouvements divers de la plate-forme flottante.

Spanish

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Record 12 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 13 2000-06-14

English

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

A device used when rods are coated with heavy oil or when the well may flow through the tubing while the rods are being pulled. It is a form of blowout preventer.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 14 2000-05-30

English

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

Lines(usually four) attached to the temporary guide base and permanent guide base that serve as a means to accurately position equipment(as the blowout preventers) on the ocean floor when an offshore well is being drilled.

OBS

guide lines; guidelines: terms rarely used in the singular (guide line; guideline).

Key term(s)
  • guide line
  • guideline

French

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

Ensemble de câbles permettant de guider des modules d'exploitation entre une barge de service et une station sous-marine.

CONT

L'installation ou le chargement de modules se fait avec des «lignes guides», quatre câbles qui servent à guider les modules depuis une barge de service jusqu'à la station sous-marine.

CONT

[...] élimination des câbles-guides au profit de caméras de télévision et de dispositifs acoustiques pour le guidage des équipements vers le fond. C'est le système dit de «réentrée» qui, à l'aide d'un sonar à balayage rotatif débouchant à l'extrémité inférieure du tube prolongateur permet une localisation de la tête de puits munie de réflecteurs sonar [...]

OBS

câbles(-)guides; câbles de guidage; lignes guides; lignes de guidage : termes rarement utilisés au singulier.

Key term(s)
  • câble-guide
  • câble guide
  • câble de guidage
  • ligne guide
  • ligne de guidage

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A well that cannot be further drilled or produced because of a blowout, unsuccessful fishing job, and so forth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 16 2000-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

An entry of water, gas, oil, or other formation fluid into the wellbore.

CONT

A kick occurs because the pressure exerted by the column of drilling fluid is not great enough to overcome the pressure exerted by the fluids in the formation drilled. If prompt and proper action is not taken to kill the well, then a blowout will occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Venue de gaz en cours de forage.

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Oil Production
DEF

In drilling, to prevent the threatened blowout of a well by suitable preventive measures(e. g., to shut in the well with the blowout preventers, circulate the kick out, and increase the weight of the drilling mud). In production, to stop a well from producing oil and gas so that reconditioning of the well may proceed.

OBS

In both cases it is usually accomplished by the injection of a dense fluid into the well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 18 2000-03-15

English

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

A structure attached to and installed with the foundation pile when a well is drilled from an offshore drilling rig. It is seated in the temporary guide base and serves as a wellhead housing. Also, guidelines are attached to it so that equipment(as the blowout preventers) may be guided into place on the wellhead.

French

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

Structure installée avec la pile de fondation à laquelle viennent se raccorder les câbles reliant le fond de la mer à l'engin de forage.

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-03-15

English

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

The first casing or conductor string(generally 30 or 36 in. in diameter) that is set in the drilling of a well from an offshore drilling rig. It prevents sloughing of the ocean-floor formations and is a structural support for the permanent guide base and blowout preventers.

French

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

Tube de grand diamètre, en tôle roulée et soudée, généralement mis en place par le génie civil et servant au début d'un forage.

Spanish

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Record 20 1998-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Oil Drilling
  • Oil Production
DEF

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

CONT

Surface chokes are part of the Christmas tree and contain a choke nipple, or bean, with a small-diameter bore that serves to restrict the flow. Chokes are also used to control the rate of flow of the drilling mud out of the hole when the well is closed in with the blowout preventer and a kick is being circulated out of the hole.

CONT

A choke is a type of valve with a conical gate and matching seat concentric with the bore of the valve. The choke can be adjusted to give whatever orifice is required to provide a back pressure on the well in order to control it ...

OBS

chk: ... abbreviation for choke; used in drilling reports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Production pétrolière
DEF

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

CONT

Cette boue est [...] un paramètre de forage [...] surtout par la puissance hydraulique qu'elle permet de fournir aux duses (orifices calibrés montés sur l'orifice du trépan pour augmenter la vitesse de la boue dans l'attaque de certains terrains) [...]

Spanish

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Record 21 1998-03-09

English

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

During drilling blowout preventers... are used to shut in and control the well in the event of gas or oil being encountered at pressures higher than those exerted by the column of mud in the hole. They consist of two or three ram preventers and one bag-type preventer...

OBS

The topmost preventer is usually of the bag type that will close around any shape. It consists of a thick annular rubber ring sitting in the bowl of a conical-faced piston.

French

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

Les têtes de puits ont évolué, pour parvenir à leur forme moderne qui comprend essentiellement des obturateurs à mâchoire et un obturateur à membrane, assemblés par brides.

Spanish

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Record 22 1990-10-31

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 23 1988-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

... some thousand simulations were run for potential slicks from six representative spill sites. This trajectory modelling proved to be a necessary prerequisite for predicting biotic impacts resulting from an oil well blowout.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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Record 24 1988-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

The EIS focussed on potential impacts that might occur in the event of an uncontrolled oil well blowout.

Key term(s)
  • uncontrolled oilwell blowout

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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