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Ball launcher

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000262

A piece of surface equipment designed to inject spherical balls into a wellbore under pressure, often during hydraulic fracturing or cementing operations. It provides a controlled method for introducing the balls into the fluid stream. The balls are used to seal off perforations or activate stages in a multi-stage completion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000262
FieldOil and gas
SubjectWell Workover and Intervention
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000262",
  "term": "Ball launcher",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A piece of surface equipment designed to inject spherical balls into a wellbore under pressure, often during hydraulic fracturing or cementing operations. It provides a controlled method for introducing the balls into the fluid stream. The balls are used to seal off perforations or activate stages in a multi-stage completion.",
  "subject": "Well Workover and Intervention",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/ball-launcher/"
}

Record 283 of 4,468 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.