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Shut in

Meaning in oil, gas & mining, with examples

phrasal verbCommon term

In oil, gas & mining, shut in means: To close the valves on a well so that it stops flowing, for safety, repairs or a test, or because the production is not needed.

In Turkish: kuyuyu kapatmak, üretimi durdurmak

How it is used

Used as a verb (shut in the well, the well was shut in) and as an adjective (a shut-in well, shut-in pressure). During drilling, the crew shuts in the well when a kick is detected. Production reports list shut-in wells and the reasons.

Example sentences

  1. We shut in three wells because the export pipeline is down.

  2. Shut-in pressure at the wellhead was 2,400 psi.

Common collocations

  • shut in a well
  • shut-in pressure
  • shut-in well
  • shut in production
  • wellheadThe steel equipment at the top of a well, at the surface or on the seabed, that holds the casing and tubing and connects the well to valves and flowlines.
  • kickAn unwanted flow of gas, oil or water from the rock into the well, which happens when the formation pressure is higher than the pressure of the mud column.
  • blowout preventer (BOP)A large stack of heavy valves fitted on top of a well that can be closed quickly to seal the well and stop oil or gas escaping during drilling.
  • flow rateThe amount of oil, gas or water that flows from a well or through a pipe in a given time, such as barrels per day or cubic metres per hour.

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