completion string

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completion string (plural completion strings)

  1. (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that prepares the well for the transmission of production fluids.
    • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 44:
      The rig simply retrieves the old pipe and runs a new pipe back in the hole (the completion string).