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Slips

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003456

Wedge-shaped devices with serrated inserts that fit into the rotary table or spider to grip and support the drill pipe or casing. Slips prevent the tubulars from falling into the wellbore when they are not being held by the elevators. They are manually or hydraulically operated by the rig crew.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003456
FieldOil and gas
SubjectDrilling
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003456",
  "term": "Slips",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "Wedge-shaped devices with serrated inserts that fit into the rotary table or spider to grip and support the drill pipe or casing. Slips prevent the tubulars from falling into the wellbore when they are not being held by the elevators. They are manually or hydraulically operated by the rig crew.",
  "subject": "Drilling",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/slips/"
}

Record 3,667 of 4,469 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.