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tail/lead slurry/mud

Portuguese translation: cimento (na parte) inferior/superior até o nível da lama

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English term or phrase:tail/lead slurry/mud
Portuguese translation:cimento (na parte) inferior/superior até o nível da lama
Entered by: Nattalia Paterson

19:33 Jan 13, 2013
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / Cimentação
English term or phrase: tail/lead slurry/mud
The 20” casing will be cemented with 100m of 15.8 ppg tail slurry and 12.5 ppg lead slurry to mud line. It is planned to perform this job with an inner string.
Nattalia Paterson
United States
Local time: 21:15
cimento na parte inferior/superior até o nível da lama
Explanation:
O tubo de 20" será cimentado com duas qualidades de cimento. Os 100m inferiores do tubo receberão cimento mais forte (tail ciment) e a parte do tubo acima disso, até o nível da lama, receberá um cimento mais fraco.
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 23:15
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2cimento na parte inferior/superior até o nível da lama
Martin Riordan
5preencher/pasta fluida de cimento/lama ou argila
Francisco Fernandes


Discussion entries: 6





  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cimento na parte inferior/superior até o nível da lama


Explanation:
O tubo de 20" será cimentado com duas qualidades de cimento. Os 100m inferiores do tubo receberão cimento mais forte (tail ciment) e a parte do tubo acima disso, até o nível da lama, receberá um cimento mais fraco.

Example sentence(s):
  • In some cementing operation, operators will pump 2 cement slurries, normally called “Lead Cement” and “Tail Cement”.

    Reference: http://www.drillingformulas.com/what-are-lead-and-tail-cemen...
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 23:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
2 mins
  -> Obrigado, Marlene!
agree  Mauro Lando: certo. veja discussion entry
8 mins
  -> Obrigado, Mauro!
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
preencher/pasta fluida de cimento/lama ou argila


Explanation:
O texto se refere á uma dosagem de argamassa para preenchimento de vazios para arrematar a colocação do tubo.

Francisco Fernandes
Brazil
Local time: 23:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 15
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