well capper

German translation: Bohrlochversiegler/Bohrlochversiegelungsspezialisten

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English term or phrase:well capper
German translation:Bohrlochversiegler/Bohrlochversiegelungsspezialisten
Entered by: Katy62

16:22 Jun 26, 2005
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / Pad printing
English term or phrase: well capper
From a script on the Kuwaiti oil well fires during the Gulf War:

To quell the well fires, the **well cappers** would need Kuwaiti oil company records.
Katy62
Local time: 14:11
Bohrlochversiegler/Bohrlochversiegelungsspezialisten
Explanation:
Ein Bohrloch wird versiegelt, so dass nichts mehr rauskommt.
Mehrfach belegt.

http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump...
Schließlich versiegelt man das Bohrloch mit Betonplatten und neuen Ventilen.
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Ivo Lang
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Local time: 13:11
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Summary of answers provided
4Oelquellenverschlussspezialisten
Dr.G.MD (X)
3Bohrlochversiegler/Bohrlochversiegelungsspezialisten
Ivo Lang


  

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Oelquellenverschlussspezialisten


Explanation:
I know it is wuite a bandworm - who else?



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Note added at 12 mins (2005-06-26 16:35:24 GMT)
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Telegraph | Arts | This honeymoon is hell
... limo ride with the fleshy-lipped Kit during which he ignites a lust \"so fiery
that not even daredevil oil-well capper Red Adair could have quenched it\". ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/ 2003/11/16/bolet216.xml&sSheet=/arts/2003/


    Telegraph | Arts | This honeymoon is hell
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Local time: 14:11
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Bohrlochversiegler/Bohrlochversiegelungsspezialisten


Explanation:
Ein Bohrloch wird versiegelt, so dass nichts mehr rauskommt.
Mehrfach belegt.

http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump...
Schließlich versiegelt man das Bohrloch mit Betonplatten und neuen Ventilen.


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United Kingdom
Local time: 13:11
Native speaker of: German
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