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BELL NIPPLE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-03-15

English

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

A short length of tubular installed in the top of the blowout preventer.

OBS

The top end of the nipple is expanded - or belled - to guide drill tools into the hole and usually has side connections for the fill line and mud-return line.

French

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

Spanish

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