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Sheave, Sheave Wheel

A sheave is a pulley used for running wireline tools into the wellbore. During wireline operations, two sheaves are temporarily hung in the derrick, and the wireline is run from the logging truck through the sheaves and then down to the logging tool in the wellbore.