Pickle:

V: to soak metal pieces in a chemical solution to remove dirt and scale from the metal’s surface.

Terms Related to Pickle

• Wireline

  A small-diameter metal line used in wireline operations. Also called slick line. Compare conductor line.

• Rod hook

  A small swivel hook having a fast-operating automatic latch to close the hook opening when weight is suspended from the hook.

• Pig

  1. A flow line clearing device, pumped through the line with normal flow. 2. A scraping tool that is forced through a pipeline or flow ...

• Wire rope

  A cable composed of steel wires twisted around a central core of fiber or steel wire to create a rope of great strength and considerable ...

• Weight indicator

  An instrument near the driller's position on a drilling rig that shows both the weight of the drill stem that is hanging from the hook ...

• Epm or equivalents per million

  Unit chemical weight of solute per million unit weights of solution. The epm of a solute in solution is equal to the ppm (parts per ...

• Lubricator stack

  A surface device used in slickline operations to keep the line lubricated and provide grease for pressure control.