Kaks

English translation: cuttings

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Norwegian term or phrase:Kaks
English translation:cuttings
Entered by: roguestate

10:18 Feb 20, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Geology / Any suggestions
Norwegian term or phrase: Kaks
The context is oilwell drilling, but because these terms are arcane & strangely weird, don't be put off suggesting possibilities that on the face of it may seem wrong or absurd. Give me the suggestions & I'll weed through them.
Unlike other KudoZ responses, I know that you Norwegians are a sensible bunch.
MTIA
roguestate
Local time: 13:00
Kaks/borekaks = ditch cuttings
Explanation:
The 'rubble' produced by the drilling bit downhole. The 'kaks' is brought to the surface by the mud stream, an is closely examined to see what rock formations the bit is going through. The 'kaks' is contaminated by mud, and possibly oil from the geological formations downhole, and has to be treated as hazardous waste.
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Roald Toskedal
Norway
Local time: 12:00
Grading comment
In thie offshore field, we'll just leave it as cuttings.
Thanks a lot
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Summary of answers provided
5in Norwegian
Sigbjørn Hovda
4Kaks/borekaks = ditch cuttings
Roald Toskedal
1drilling-mud?
Charlotte Blank
2 -2bigwig
Elisabeth H


Discussion entries: 2





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -2
bigwig


Explanation:
If it refers to a person (kakse).

Elisabeth H
Norway
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Per Bergvall: Even if the word appears somewhat similar, it would be a strange dialect that lopped off the last e - and in oilwell drilling context? Methinks not.
2 mins

disagree  Roald Toskedal: Correct in itself, but wrong context!
1 hr
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
in Norwegian


Explanation:
kaks s. [-et]. materiale avvirket av petroleumsboring

But I can't find any translation. Sorry.

Sigbjørn Hovda
Norway
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 8
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drilling-mud?


Explanation:
Bohrschlamm in German
This would be my guess after having read through a few hits at google for kaks/oil. Maybe this is very absurd but it would also remember me of a rather unpolite German word ("Kacke") which designates something brown and stinky...

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Note added at 2004-02-20 11:03:57 (GMT)
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not \"remember\" but \"remind\"!

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Note added at 2004-02-20 11:22:47 (GMT)
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not \"remember\" but \"remind\"!

Charlotte Blank
Germany
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Kaks/borekaks = ditch cuttings


Explanation:
The 'rubble' produced by the drilling bit downhole. The 'kaks' is brought to the surface by the mud stream, an is closely examined to see what rock formations the bit is going through. The 'kaks' is contaminated by mud, and possibly oil from the geological formations downhole, and has to be treated as hazardous waste.


    Reference: http://www.miljoreferanser.no/public/tesaurus/visterm.asp?te...
Roald Toskedal
Norway
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
In thie offshore field, we'll just leave it as cuttings.
Thanks a lot
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