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INGENIEUR FORAGE [1 record]

Record 1 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Drilling and Boring (Construction)
DEF

An engineer who specializes in the technical aspects of drilling.

CONT

The drilling control center provides offices for the drilling superintendent, tool pushers, and drilling engineers. [Introduction to Deepwater Floating Drilling Operations, by L.M. Harris, 1972, p. 38]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage (Construction)
CONT

Le «drilling engineer» (ingénieur des forages) [...] vit à terre plus souvent qu'à bord [de la plate-forme de forage] [...] mais il est représenté à bord par le «rig superintendent».

Spanish

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