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réaliser un puits

English translation: drill a well


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French term or phrase:réaliser un puits
English translation:drill a well
Entered by: Victoria Novak
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22:10 Sep 14, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / drilling activities
French term or phrase: réaliser un puits
A phrase in a contract: "s'engage à réaliser, en utilisant l'appareil, les puits sur les emplacements... "
Thanks/merci!
Victoria Novak
Local time: 09:10
drill a well
Explanation:
You can't say build or create a well
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meirs
Local time: 16:10
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4drill a well
meirs
4build a well
Johannes Gleim
3dig boreholes
kashew


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
drill a well


Explanation:
You can't say build or create a well

meirs
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxBourth: Given the "Petroleum Eng/Sci" context it is unlikely to be anything else.
9 hrs
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agree  nordine
10 hrs
  -> TNX

agree  ormiston
11 hrs
  -> TNX

agree  joehlindsay
19 hrs
  -> TNX
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dig boreholes


Explanation:
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Note added at 12 heures (2010-09-15 10:30:56 GMT)
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1, GNA - Residents of Pinihe, a farming community in the Nkoranza District, are raising funds to dig two boreholes under the District Assembly's Community ...
www.modernghana.com/.../residents-of-pinhie-contribute-to-d...

kashew
France
Local time: 15:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
build a well


Explanation:
some translations for "réaliser":

:
réaliser v (film, programme) film, program produce
réaliser v (achat, vente, bénéfice) purchase, sale, profit make
réaliser v movie direct
réaliser vi realize
http://www.wordreference.com/fren/realiser

"drill" is too specific, there are other means for building as well.


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Note added at 20 hrs (2010-09-15 18:13:55 GMT)
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'puits' found in these entries:
French:
remonter
English:
oil well - shaft - well
:
puits de pétrole nm oil well
puits de ventilation nm air shaft
puits muet nm dead well
puits sans fond nm bottomless pit
puits sec nm dry hole
puits sec (pétrole et gaz naturel) nm dry well
http://www.wordreference.com/fren/puits

Umweltpolitik, Umweltschädigung [EIB]
EN manhole
oil well
jacking pit
FR puits de travail
:
KEIN FACHGEBIET [COM]
EN oil well
DE oelbrunnen
oelsonde
oelquelle
FR puits a petrole
source de petrole
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

How was the underwater oil well built in the first place?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100524102743AA...

In the Norwegian part of the North Sea, the AOC Holdings Inc. (TSE:5017) unit will build oil wells and other facilities in the Yme field, for which it recently acquired 10 per cent of the concession rights.
http://business.highbeam.com/409104/article-1G1-200957432/ar...

Production prices up
At the same time, prices for steel and other materials needed to build oil wells and offshore platforms have skyrocketed. Skilled oil field workers and engineers are in short supply.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-05-27/business/17155602_1_pe...

and other 17.600 Google hits for "build oil wells"

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 15:10
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  rkillings: Depends on that appareil mentioned in the sentence. If it's a drill, then you will say 'drill'. But then, you might say 'borehole' instead of 'well'. :-)
42 mins
  -> or boring, (drill)hole or wellhead
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