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Junk basket

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-002080

A downhole tool designed to retrieve small pieces of junk or debris from the wellbore. It typically consists of a barrel with internal catchers or fingers that trap the junk as fluid is circulated. The basket is run on a drill string or wireline to clean the wellbore before further operations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-002080
FieldOil and gas
SubjectDrilling
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-002080",
  "term": "Junk basket",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A downhole tool designed to retrieve small pieces of junk or debris from the wellbore. It typically consists of a barrel with internal catchers or fingers that trap the junk as fluid is circulated. The basket is run on a drill string or wireline to clean the wellbore before further operations.",
  "subject": "Drilling",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/junk-basket/"
}

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