{"id":1347,"date":"2023-02-09T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=1347"},"modified":"2023-02-09T14:50:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:50:43","slug":"float-collars","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/float-collars\/","title":{"rendered":"Float collars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Float collars&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Float collars are casing\/cementing components installed near the bottom of the casing string. They prevent mud from entering the casing while it is being lowered into the wellbore allowing the casing to float during its descent and reducing the load on the rig mast. &amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/float-collars\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Float collars<\/a> are casing\/cementing components installed near the bottom of the casing string. They prevent mud from entering the casing while it is being lowered into the wellbore allowing the casing to float during its descent and reducing the load on the rig <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Mast&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;A mast is a rectangular or trapezoidal steel-structured tower, with one or more sections assembled in a horizontal position and then raised to the vertical position for operation. A mast is mainly found in land-rigs and is strong enough to support drilling equipment as well as lift the drill string in and out of the wellbore.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/mast\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>mast<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Float collars&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Float collars are casing\/cementing components installed near the bottom of the casing string. They prevent mud from entering the casing while it is being lowered into the wellbore allowing the casing to float during its descent and reducing the load on the rig mast. &amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/float-collars\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Float collars<\/a> are casing\/cementing components installed near the bottom of the casing string. They prevent mud from entering the casing while it is being lowered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1347","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1347\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}