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tight head
A casing-to-drill-rod coupling. When attached to the top of the casing, it is used during the process of pumping cement slurries or circulating water through the casing, forcing the fluid to flow out of the casing into the drill hole between the outside of the casing and the walls of the borehole.
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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- ed.young
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