borehole - What is the Portuguese translation? Portuguese translators help Portuguese translators with the translation of borehole

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205 months ago

Gisele (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Portuguese
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	borehole
Context:	7 coring boreholes of total depth 610.84 metres and obtained core litholgical logging

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205 months ago

wrote:

barreno

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205 months ago

wrote:

furo de mina/agulheiro/sonda

My comment:

blast hole

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A borehole is the generalised term for any narrow shaft drilled in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. A borehole may be constructed for many different purposes including the extraction of water or other liquid (such as petroleum) or gases (such as natural gas), as part of a geotechnical investigation or environmental site assessment, for mineral exploration, or as a pilot hole for installing piers or underground utilities. Boreholes used as water wells are described in more depth in that article.

In the engineering and environmental consulting fields, the term is used to collectively describe all of the various types of holes drilled as part of a geotechnical investigation or environmental site assessment (a so-called Phase II ESA). This includes holes advanced to collect soil samples, water samples or rock cores, to advance in situ sampling equipment, or to install monitoring wells or piezometers. Samples collected from boreholes are often tested in a laboratory to determine their physical properties, or to assess levels of various chemical constituents or contaminants.

Typically, a borehole used as a well is completed by installing a vertical pipe (casing) and well screen to keep the borehole from caving. This also helps prevent surface contaminants from entering the borehole and protects any installed pump from drawing in sand and sediment. When completed in this manner the borehole is then more commonly called a well: whether it is a water well, oil well or natural gas extraction well.

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205 months ago

LOGOS TRANSLATIONS wrote:

furo de sondagem/poo

My comment:

esta me parece a melhor traduo

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205 months ago

wrote:

Furo de sondagem, sem nenhuma dúvida!

205 months ago