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FORAGE BOUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-09-22

English

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

OBS

It is a rotary drilling in which the drilling fluid is mud.

French

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

OBS

Il s'agit d'un forage rotary pour lequel le fluide de forage est de la boue.

PHR

Forage rotatif à boue.

Spanish

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