completion string

English

Noun

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).