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FORAGE ROTATIF [7 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2021-07-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Oil Drilling
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- rotary steerable drilling
1, record 1, English, rotary%20steerable%20drilling
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[A technique] that enables full three-dimensional directional drilling control to be performed while drilling with continuous drillstring rotation from surface. 2, record 1, English, - rotary%20steerable%20drilling
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Forage des puits de pétrole
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- forage rotatif directionnel
1, record 1, French, forage%20rotatif%20directionnel
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Technique de forage rotatif permettant un guidage précis du trépan. 1, record 1, French, - forage%20rotatif%20directionnel
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
forage rotatif directionnel : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 3 avril 2014. 2, record 1, French, - forage%20rotatif%20directionnel
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2011-09-08
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- rotary drill bit
1, record 2, English, rotary%20drill%20bit
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- rotating drill bit 1, record 2, English, rotating%20drill%20bit
correct
- rotary bit 2, record 2, English, rotary%20bit
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The cutting tool attached to the lower end of the drill string of a rotary drilling rig. 3, record 2, English, - rotary%20drill%20bit
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
As the drill string rotates, the bit chews through the formation. 3, record 2, English, - rotary%20drill%20bit
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- trépan rotatif
1, record 2, French, tr%C3%A9pan%20rotatif
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Outil tranchant fixé à l'extrémité inférieure de la tige de forage d’un appareil de forage rotatif. 1, record 2, French, - tr%C3%A9pan%20rotatif
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
C’est en fait le trépan qui exécute l’opération de forage du trou dans la formation. 1, record 2, French, - tr%C3%A9pan%20rotatif
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2011-09-08
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- rotary drilling rig
1, record 3, English, rotary%20drilling%20rig
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- rotary rig 2, record 3, English, rotary%20rig
correct
- rotary boring rig 3, record 3, English, rotary%20boring%20rig
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A modern drilling unit capable of drilling a well with a bit attached to a rotating column of steel pipe. 2, record 3, English, - rotary%20drilling%20rig
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- appareil de forage rotatif
1, record 3, French, appareil%20de%20forage%20rotatif
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- appareil rotatif 1, record 3, French, appareil%20rotatif
correct, masculine noun
- sonde à forage rotatif 2, record 3, French, sonde%20%C3%A0%20forage%20rotatif
feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Appareil de forage moderne qui permet de creuser un puits au moyen d’un trépan fixé à une colonne rotative de tuyaux en acier. 1, record 3, French, - appareil%20de%20forage%20rotatif
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2009-09-22
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Oil Drilling
- Boring and Drilling (Mines)
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- mud drilling
1, record 4, English, mud%20drilling
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Air drilling is cheaper and quicker than mud drilling and avoids possible damage to the production zone from circulating mud which may enter the zone when drilling. 1, record 4, English, - mud%20drilling
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
It is a rotary drilling in which the drilling fluid is mud. 2, record 4, English, - mud%20drilling
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Forage des puits de pétrole
- Sondage et forage miniers
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- forage à la boue
1, record 4, French, forage%20%C3%A0%20la%20boue
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- forage à boue 2, record 4, French, forage%20%C3%A0%20boue
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le forage à l’air est meilleur marché et plus rapide que le forage à la boue et évite les dommages à la zone de production pouvant provenir de la circulation de boue qui peut pénétrer dans la zone en cours de forage. 1, record 4, French, - forage%20%C3%A0%20la%20boue
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Il s’agit d’un forage rotary pour lequel le fluide de forage est de la boue. 3, record 4, French, - forage%20%C3%A0%20la%20boue
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Forage rotatif à boue. 2, record 4, French, - forage%20%C3%A0%20la%20boue
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2007-08-17
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Oil Drilling
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- rotary drilling
1, record 5, English, rotary%20drilling
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The drilling method by which a hole is drilled by a rotating bit to which a downward force is applied. 2, record 5, English, - rotary%20drilling
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
During the last 40 years, rotary drilling has become the preferred method for penetrating underground formations ... a special tool-the drill bit-rotates while bearing down on the bottom of the well, thus gouging and chipping its way downward ... The drill bit is connected to the surface equipment through a drill pipe, a heavy-walled tubing through which the drilling mud is fed to the bottom of the bore hole. In most cases, the drill pipe also transmits the rotation motion from a turntable at the surface to the bit at the bottom of the hole. 3, record 5, English, - rotary%20drilling
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[In this method] the bit is fastened to and rotated by the drill stem, which also provides a passageway through which the drilling fluid is circulated. 2, record 5, English, - rotary%20drilling
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Rotary drilling was first used in 1901 in the Spindle Top field near Beaumont, Texas, but it was not until the 1920's that this method became the most common one. 4, record 5, English, - rotary%20drilling
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Forage des puits de pétrole
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- forage rotary
1, record 5, French, forage%20rotary
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- forage rotatif 2, record 5, French, forage%20rotatif
correct, masculine noun
- forage par rotation 3, record 5, French, forage%20par%20rotation
correct, masculine noun
- sondage par rotation 4, record 5, French, sondage%20par%20rotation
masculine noun
- sondage rotatif 5, record 5, French, sondage%20rotatif
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Système de forage dans lequel le trépan est entraîné par un mouvement de rotation transmis depuis la surface par un arbre constitué de tiges creuses vissées bout à bout dans lesquelles circule un fluide. 6, record 5, French, - forage%20rotary
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Lorsque les prospecteurs s’attaquèrent à des terrains plus difficiles, ils durent s’y adapter en créant le procédé de forage rotary. [...] La méthode consiste à utiliser des trépans à molettes dentées ou des trépans diamantés, sur lesquels on appuie et que l’on fait tourner. L’action combinée du poids et de la rotation permet aux dents des trépans à molettes d’écailler la roche ou aux trépans diamantés de strier et détruire celle-ci. La rotation du trépan est obtenue en faisant tourner l’ensemble des tiges de forage [...] qui relient le trépan à la surface. 7, record 5, French, - forage%20rotary
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Forage par rotation [...] un outil de forage appelé trépan descend au fond du trou. Il est animé, depuis la surface, d’un mouvement de rotation donné par une table de rotation qui entraîne une tige spéciale creuse de section généralement carrée. 4, record 5, French, - forage%20rotary
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
sondage rotatif : Le terme figure à la rubrique «trépan» dans Grand Larousse encyclopédique (source LGRAN). 8, record 5, French, - forage%20rotary
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2004-10-12
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Mining Equipment and Tools
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- air-flush system
1, record 6, English, air%2Dflush%20system
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The drill used was of the rotary percussion-type; cuttings were recovered using an air-flush system. 1, record 6, English, - air%2Dflush%20system
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- système d’expulsion d’air
1, record 6, French, syst%C3%A8me%20d%26rsquo%3Bexpulsion%20d%26rsquo%3Bair
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La foreuse utilisée est du type rotatif à percussion; les déblais de forage sont récupérés au moyen d’un système d’expulsion d’air. 1, record 6, French, - syst%C3%A8me%20d%26rsquo%3Bexpulsion%20d%26rsquo%3Bair
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2004-09-07
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- blooey line
1, record 7, English, blooey%20line
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- blooey-line 2, record 7, English, blooey%2Dline
- blooie-line 2, record 7, English, blooie%2Dline
- blowing line 2, record 7, English, blowing%20line
- bleed-of line 3, record 7, English, bleed%2Dof%20line
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The discharge pipe from a well being drilled by air drilling. 4, record 7, English, - blooey%20line
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The blooey line is used to conduct the air or gas used for circulation away from the rig to reduce the fire hazard as well as to transport the cuttings a suitable distance from the well. 4, record 7, English, - blooey%20line
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- conduite d’évacuation
1, record 7, French, conduite%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9vacuation
feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- tuyau de fuite 2, record 7, French, tuyau%20de%20fuite
feminine noun
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Lorsque le forage se fait à l'air ou au gaz inerte, l'exploitant doit installer et maintenir en bon état [...] une tête de circulation, une tête de contrôle ou un obturateur rotatif de résistance nominale à la pression appropriée, capable de dévier le flux d’air ou de gaz de remontée vers un tuyau de fuite lequel doit être aussi droit que possible et d’une longueur d’au moins 50m menant vers une installation de séparation appropriée. 2, record 7, French, - conduite%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9vacuation
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
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