to drill an oil well

  • 51oil — noun 1 used as fuel/to make machines work smoothly ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ light ▪ crude ▪ refined ▪ offshore ▪ …

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  • 52Drill floor — The Drill Floor is the heart of any drilling rig and is also known as the pad. This is the area where the drill string begins its trip into the earth. It is traditionally where joints of pipe are assembled, as well as the BHA (bottom hole… …

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  • 53drill in — verb teach by drills and repetition • Syn: ↑hammer in, ↑ram down, ↑beat in • Hypernyms: ↑drill • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * transitive verb …

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  • 54drill-stem test — noun : a test for determining productivity of an oil or gas well by means of sampling the flow while the drill stem is still in the bore …

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  • 55drill stem test — noun a test of the productive capacity of an oil or gas well when still full of drilling mud …

  • 56List of oil field acronyms — Contents 1 # 2 A 3 B 4 C …

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  • 57Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …

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  • 58Blowout (well drilling) — A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.[1] Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and… …

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  • 59Offshore oil spill prevention and response — Inspector on offshore oil drilling rig Offshore oil spill prevention and response is the study and practice of reducing the number of offshore incidents that release oil or hazardous substances into the environment and limiting the amount… …

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  • 60Drake Well — Drake Oil Well U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …

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