Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

bache viscoso

English translation:

viscous pill / sweep

Added to glossary by Ryan Kelly
Dec 7, 2018 17:29
5 yrs ago
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Spanish term

bache viscoso

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Petroleum Eng/Sci Well drilling
This is taken from an emergency response document for a Mexican oil company.

Características de etapas a perforar del pozo
Tipo de lodo de perforación: agua de mar y baches viscosos
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 viscous pill / sweep

Proposed translations

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viscous pill / sweep

bache in drilling apparently = pill

"heavy pill (perf.) - bache pesado"
http://www.interpretesdeconferencias.mx/edocman/4 Glosario d...

"Píldoras o baches de lodo
Una píldora o bache en fluido de perforación representa una porción del
fluido que posee características diferentes al fluido usado durante toda la
perforación, estas características son específicas para cumplir con un
determinado fin, por ejemplo, para combatir una pérdida de circulación, para
limpieza del hoyo, para liberar tubería durante una pega, generar un ECD
equivalente en fondo, entre otras."
Geología de Desarrollo Aplicada al Seguimiento Operacional de Pozos Petroleros
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-vmjR_w...
(From Google's cache: original doc. gives a 404 Not Found error)

"In offset wells, while drilling a 28-inch section with seawater and viscous pills, the operator encountered significant wellbore instability and hole cleaning issues"
https://www.halliburton.com/content/dam/ps/public/bar/conten...

"Uso de Pildoras y baches para Liberar Tuberia Pegada"
http://perfob.blogspot.com/2016/11/uso-de-pildoras-y-baches-...

"Pill
A volume of gelled fluid mixed for a specific purpose."
https://petrowiki.org/Glossary:Pill

"In the wellbore, a sweep is a viscous pill circulated around to help clear the wellbore of cuttings or debris."
https://petrowiki.org/Glossary:Sweep
Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Carter
1 hr
Thanks, Robert
agree Thomas Walker
23 hrs
Thanks, Tom :-)
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