derrick

French translation: tour de forage

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English term or phrase:derrick
French translation:tour de forage
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Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
English term or phrase: derrick
Definition from Petex:
a large load-bearing structure, usually of bolted construction. In drilling, the standard derrick has four legs standing at the corners of the substructure and reaching to the crown block. The substructure is an assembly of heavy beams used to elevate the derrick and provide space to install blowout preventers, casingheads, and so forth.

Example sentence(s):
  • A worn bit can be detected by the noise on the derrick floor that the rotating drill pipe makes and by a decrease in rate of drill penetration. Foster Learning Inc.
  • The downward force on the drill bit is the result of the weight of the overhead drill stem (steel pipe, pipe joints called collars) and drilling equipment on the derrick all of which can amount to thousands of pounds. Tidal Petroleum
  • The worker in the photo below is known as a derrick man. He works up at the top of the oil rig and stacks the "stands" or combined joints of pipe back against the derrick. energyindustryphotos.com
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tour de forage
Definition:
Charpente que l'on dresse à l'endroit où l'on veut effectuer un forage, pour l'exécution des manœuvres de levage et de descente des outils.
Charpente en treillis en forme de tour s'élevant au-dessus de l'espace de forage sur le pont d'une installation offshore.
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Summary of translations provided
5 +2tour de forage
Xanthippe
4derrick, mât de charge
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tour de forage


Definition from Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique:
Charpente que l'on dresse à l'endroit où l'on veut effectuer un forage, pour l'exécution des manœuvres de levage et de descente des outils.
Charpente en treillis en forme de tour s'élevant au-dessus de l'espace de forage sur le pont d'une installation offshore.

Example sentence(s):
  • Une plate-forme est érigée afin de supporter tous les instruments de forage. Sur celle-ci se trouve une tour de forage métallique qui peut avoir une hauteur de 40 mètres. - le gaz naturel  
  • tour de forage : Structure métallique dressée au-dessus d’un puits de pétrole, par laquelle s’effectuent le levage et la descente des outils servant à creuser la roche. - le dictionnaire visuel  
  • tour de forage Forme abrégée : tour n.f. Domaine : Pétrole/Forage. Définition : Charpente dressée à l'endroit où l'on veut effectuer un forage, pour l'exécution des manœuvres de levage et descente des outils. Équivalent étranger : derrick. (Source : arrêté du 12 janvier 1973) - COMMISSION GÉNÉRALE DE TERMINOLOGIE ET  
Xanthippe
France
Local time: 11:24
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Yes  Caroline SCOTT (X): S'utilise dans le domaine du pétrole.
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Yes  stengel1: C'est la bonne
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derrick, mât de charge


Definition from own experience or research:
Rien d'étonnant donc à trouver ce derrick, toujours en activité, à seulement 200 mètres du centre ville

Example sentence(s):
  • Mât de charge haubané - wiki  

Explanation:
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Charles Russell
Local time: 11:24
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

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Yes  Caroline SCOTT (X): D'accord, car les deux expressions s'utilisent effectivement.
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  -> thank Carline!

No  stengel1: derrick s'emploie, mais c'est un anglicisme. Mât de charge ne s'applique pas au forage.
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