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18 July 2017
Bailing line
18 July 2017

Bail

A cylindrical steel bar (similar in form to the handle or bail of a bucket, but much larger) that supports the swivel and connects it to the hook. Sometimes, the two cylindrical bars that support the elevators and attach them to the hook are also called bails or links. v to recover bottomhole fluids, samples, mud, sand, or drill cuttings by lowering a cylindrical vessel called a bailer to the bottom of a well, filling it, and retrieving it.