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Traveling Block

Traveling Block An arrangement of pulleys or sheaves through which drilling cable is reeved, which moves up or down in the derrick or mast.*




*This is an abridged version of the Dictionary of Petroleum Terms used with permission from PETEX®, The University of Texas, at Austin. All rights reserved © PETEX 2001.