bache viscoso

English translation: viscous pill / sweep

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Spanish term or phrase:bache viscoso
English translation:viscous pill / sweep
Entered by: Ryan Kelly

17:29 Dec 7, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / Well drilling
Spanish term or phrase: bache viscoso
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
Ryan Kelly
United States
Local time: 10:59
viscous pill / sweep
Explanation:
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
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 16:59
Grading comment
Thanks Charles!!
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viscous pill / sweep


Explanation:
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

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 16:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Thanks Charles!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter
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  -> Thanks, Robert

agree  Thomas Walker
23 hrs
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