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- adjective Occurring in the drilled bore of an
oil well eitherunderground orundersea .
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Examples
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A few days after, I heard that they had suffered some kind of downhole failure and the Coast Guard had ordered a halt to the procedure.
Robert L. Cavnar: Government Awakens from Coma: Forces BP to Contain the Well 2010
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Optical fiber sensor technology, designed to operate under "downhole" conditions, that allows efficient and economic recovery of petroleum by providing reliable, cost-effective, real-time measurement and monitoring of key physical wellbore parameters such as pressure, temperature, flow and acoustic wave patterns.
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It's very likely that the production casing, the intermediatecasing around it, and/or the downhole safety valves are damaged.
Robert L. Cavnar: Can't You Just Crimp Well Shut? How About Nuking It? Nope... 2010
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"The combination of Schlumberger real-time downhole formation sampling measurements with Geoservices 'drilling mud analysis will help customers better identify and react to drilling hazards," said Chairman and Chief Executive Andrew Gould.
Schlumberger Buys France's Geoservices Kathy Shwiff 2010
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To test downhole, you close the annular on the drill pipe & apply pressure.
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Muleshoes are commonly used in downhole work, making it easier to get over other pipe that may be in the hole that is damaged.
Robert L. Cavnar: Explaining BP's Explanation: Next Effort to Stop Oil 2010
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"The combination of Schlumberger real-time downhole formation sampling measurements with Geoservices 'drilling mud analysis will help customers better identify and react to drilling hazards," said Chairman and Chief Executive Andrew Gould.
Schlumberger Buys France's Geoservices Kathy Shwiff 2010
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Now, after being treated to a remarkable demonstration of the capabilities of downhole cameras the last couple of nights, we at least know what's inside the BOP, the general condition of the rams, and also that even brand new capping stack rams are subject to getting jammed by hydrates.
Robert L. Cavnar: BP's Fishing Folly is a Complete Failure 2010
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"The combination of Schlumberger real-time downhole formation sampling measurements with Geoservices 'drilling mud analysis will help customers better identify and react to drilling hazards," said Chairman and Chief Executive Andrew Gould.
Schlumberger Buys France's Geoservices Kathy Shwiff 2010
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It's very likely that the production casing, the intermediatecasing around it, and/or the downhole safety valves are damaged.
Robert L. Cavnar: Can't You Just Crimp Well Shut? How About Nuking It? Nope... 2010
qms commented on the word downhole
It could be a Stephen King clown stole
Some oil giant’s blackening brown soul
And crammed it like phlegm
In the steel flower’s stem,
Accounting for obstacles downhole.
October 6, 2018