cable-tool drilling

Japanese: cable-tool drilling(英語表記)cabletooldrilling
cable-tool drilling

…In China, bamboo was used instead of wire rope, and in the 13th century, wells were dug to depths of over 600m. The method of using wire rope is called cable-tool drilling, and the world's first successful oil well, the Drake Well (USA, 1859), was also dug by cable-tool. Cable-tool drilling technology was developed in the US, and in 1925, a 2,365m oil well was dug, but it has now been replaced by rotary drilling. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "cable-tool drilling" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国ではワイヤロープの代りに竹が用いられ,13世紀には600m以深まで掘られていた。ワイヤロープを用いる方式は綱掘りcable‐tool drillingと呼ばれるが,世界で初めて石油採取を目的として成功したドレーク井(アメリカ,1859)も綱掘りで掘られた。綱掘技術はアメリカで発達し,1925年には2365mの石油井が掘られたが,現在ではロータリー式掘削に取って代わられている。…

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