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PERFORATION BALLES [5 records]

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Record 1 2015-04-15

English

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

[Burning] a hole through the casing with a shaped charge of high explosives instead of a gun that fires a projectile, as is used in bullet perforating.

OBS

jet cutoff: A procedure for severing pipe that is stuck in a well by the detonation of a special shaped-charge explosive similar to that used in jet perforating.

French

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

Opération analogue à la perforation à balles mais dans laquelle le percement de la paroi du tubage ne s’effectue plus par lancement d’un projectile mais par brûlage au moyen d’une charge d’explosifs puissants, moulée de façon appropriée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-17

English

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

Balls made of nylon, hard rubber, or both, which are used to shut off perforations through which excessive fluid is lost.

OBS

ball sealers: term rarely used in the singular (ball sealer).

Key term(s)
  • ball sealer

French

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

Balles qui viennent obturer les perforations déjà traitées, en attendant la perforation des zones plus compactes.

OBS

balles d’obturation : terme rarement utilisé au singulier (balle d’obturation).

Key term(s)
  • balle d'obturation

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-09-13

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
DEF

Perforation [...] moitié balles, moitié charges creuses.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Les systèmes d’affaissement limité permettent(...) au pneumatique de rouler à plat sans être trop fléchi(...) [lors d’une perforation par balles].

Spanish

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Record 5 1978-01-31

English

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

A drill, usually with one or more flutes and with coolant passages through the drill body, used for deep-hole drilling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Géologie économique
OBS

Quelquefois, on peut profiter du carottage électrique pour suspendre au même câble un "carotteur à balles"(...). Celui-ci dérive des appareils servant à la perforation des tubes pour la mise en production d’un forage tubé.

Spanish

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