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BALANCIER POMPE PUITS [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-20

English

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

A special steel rod, a number of which are screwed together to make up the mechanical link from the beam pumping unit on the surface to the sucker-rod pump at the bottom of a well.

OBS

Sucker rods are threaded on each end and manufactured to exact dimensional standards and metal specifications set by API.

French

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

Dans une installation de pompage, tige qui relie la pompe de fond de puits au balancier.

OBS

pompage : Méthode d’exploitation des puits de pétrole dans lesquels la pression de la couche productive n’ est pas suffisante pour que le puits soit éruptif.(Le piston de la pompe est actionné, au fond du puits, par des tiges suspendues, en surface, à un balancier.)

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-04-26

English

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

The curved section on the oil-well end of the walking beam of a beam pumping unit from which the bridle is suspended.

Key term(s)
  • mulehead

French

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

Spanish

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