دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: 1. steel pipe placed in an oil or gas well to prevent the wall of the hole from caving in, to prevent movement of fluids from one formation to another, and to improve the efficiency of extracting petroleum if the well is productive. A joint of casing may be 16 to 48 feet (4.8 to 14.6 metres) long and from 4.5 to 20 inches (11.4 to 50.8 centimetres) in diameter. Casing is made of many types of steel alloy, which vary in strength, corrosion resistance, and so on. 2. large pipe in which a carrier pipeline passes under railroad rights-of-way and some roads to shield the pipeline from the unusually high load stresses of a particular location. State and local regulations identify specific locations where casing is mandatory.

n: Steel pipe placed in an oil or gas well to prevent the wall of the hole in a drilled interval from caving in, as well as to prevent movement of fluids from one formation to another.


one of several strings of steel pipe in a well design that, together with cement, forms a barrier to fluid movement along the drilled hole. It is commonly at least partly cemented in the wellbore.