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Record 1 2001-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

To fill a well's bore hole with cement or other impervious material to prevent the flow of water, gas or oil from one strata to another when a well is abandoned; ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
OBS

Un puits de pétrole.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultivating and Tilling Equipment
OBS

e.g. speaking of farm machinery operating in clay soils, or in dense trash cover

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motoculteurs et motobineuses
CONT

En terres argileuses, les bêches roulantes peuvent bourrer.

Spanish

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