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PUITS TUBE [2 records]

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Record 1 2009-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

A tube well as the name implies is simply a tube or pipe bored into the underground reservoir, fitted with a strainer at the lower end and worked at the top by a pump, to lift water for irrigation. A tube well is type of water well in which a long 5 to 8 inch wide stainless steel tube is inserted in the well. This tube is then extended to the underground water below the lower surface of the well.

Key term(s)
  • tubewell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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Record 2 2000-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A wellbore in which casing has been run.

CONT

The radioactive logs have the advantage that they can be run in cased wells as well as in open holes.

OBS

Most wells are cased through the production zone or zones, and the casing is perforated as necessary.

Key term(s)
  • cased wellbore

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Le profil d'un forage pétrolier dépend de sa profondeur [...] et de l'objectif visé. Il est défini dans le programme de forage et de tubage du puits qui précise les caractéristiques des différentes phases de forage successives entre lesquelles le trou est «tubé»; c'est-à-dire cuvelé par une colonne de tubes en acier.

Key term(s)
  • puits cuvelé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
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