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STRING DRILLPIPE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
DEF

An assembly, consisting of kelly, drill pipes, tools, collars and drilling bit joined together to form a string, which is suspended from a swivel in the derrick, and rotated by the rotary table. It is made up piece by piece, stands of pipe being added as the bit penetrates the formation.

CONT

The bit is fastened to the string, a long stretch of steel pipe sections that have been screwed together. The string hangs inside a casing called the conductor pipe.

OBS

Strictly, the drill string as described [in the source Whitehead, H., An A-Z Offshore Oil & Gas: an Illustrated International Glossary and Reference Guide to the Offshore Oil & Gas Industries and their Technology (WHIOF, 1983)] is the drill stem, and the drill string consists only of pipes and joints, but the term drill stem is seldom used other than with reference to a drill stem test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
DEF

[...] ensemble des tubes qui, depuis le trépan jusqu'au kelly, assurent la circulation de la boue et font tourner le trépan.

CONT

Le train de tiges est constitué par de nombreux éléments de longueur variable (1,5 m, 3 m, 6 m par exemple), vissés les uns à la suite des autres. Les filetages peuvent être mâle et femelle [...], ou femelles, ou mâles suivant les cas.

CONT

La colonne de tubes est scellée dans le puits, par cimentage. [Télémécanique, n° 88, page 14.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
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