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A Bell nipple is a section of large diameter pipe fitted to the top of the blowout preventers that the flow line attaches to via a side outlet, to allow the drilling fluid to flow back over the shale shakers to the mud tanks. Also an enlarged pipe at the top of a casing string that serves as a funnel to guide drilling tools into the top of a well.
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