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TIGE FORAGE [10 records]

Record 1 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground-Drilling Facilities (Mining)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Hollow, externally flush-coupled rods connecting the bit and core barrel in a borehole to the swivel head of a rotary-drill rig on the surface.

CONT

The drill pipe transmits the rotating motion from the rotary table to the bit and conducts the drilling mud from the surface to the bottom of the hole.

OBS

drill pipe: A petroleum driller's term for drill rods.

OBS

bore red; boring red: Terms used primarily by soil and foundation testing engineers for the equipment customarily called a drill rod by drillers and miners.

PHR

Drill-pipe sticking.

Key term(s)
  • diamond drill pipe
  • diamond drill rod

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de forage minier
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Chacune des tiges métalliques qui se vissent bout à bout, et qui relient la sondeuse à l'outil de sondage. (Elles sont généralement creuses, pour permettre l'injection de la boue de curage par le canal central.)

CONT

Les tiges de forage ont, en général, 9 m de longueur et leur diamètre est compris entre 6 et 16,8 cm. Elles portent à leurs extrémités des raccords spéciaux [...] au moyen desquels on les visse l'une à l'autre.

PHR

Blocage de tige de forage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de perforación minera
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
CONT

El tubo de perforación (drill pipe) es la tubería hueca, gruesa amurallada, de acero que se usa sobre plataformas de perforación para facilitar la perforación de un wellbore y viene en una variedad de tamaños, fuerzas y pesos, pero son típicamente de 30 a 33 pies de longitud. Son huecos para permitir fluido de petróleo que esta bombeado por ellos.

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Record 2 2000-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To measure drill pipe or tubing as it is pulled from the hole, usually to determine the depth of the well or the depth to which the pipe or tubing was run.

OBS

The opposite of "measure in."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-04-26

English

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

A drill pipe run in a well in a definite position; often a requisite in directional drilling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To obtain an accurate measurement of the depth that has been reached in a well by measuring the drill pipe or tubing as it is run into the well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-03-27

English

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

The tubular goods in which the pipe walls at the end where threads are to be cut are thickened (upset) on the inside to provide extra strength in the tool joints. Therefore the outside wall of the pipe is the same diameter throughout its length. Upset casing is normally run at the top of long strings in deep operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-03-27

English

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

Drill pipe having thicker walls and longer tool joints than ordinary drill pipe, in addition to integral wear pad in the middle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-01-26

English

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

The drill pipe from which drilling mud has been emptied as it is pulled out of the wellbore.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-01-26

English

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

A valve installed in the drill stem that allows mud to be pumped down the drill stem but prevents flow back up the drill stem ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
DEF

The amount of pressure exerted inside the drill pipe, which is the result of circulating pressure, the entry of formation pressure into the well, or both.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-11-03

English

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

An indicator that is mounted in the mud-circulating system and measures and indicates the amount of pressure in the drill stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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