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selective nipple

1. n. [Well Completions]

A type of landing nipple designed to be run in a series throughout the wellbore. Two basic types of selective nipple system may be encountered:

  • a nipple series in which the nipple design or profile determines the selectivity
  • a nipple series in which the running tool is used to find the target nipple.

Selective nipple.