drilling
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈdrɪlɪŋ/
- After careful planning, the team started drilling to locate the underground water supply.
- offshore drilling
- oil drilling
- gas drilling
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- There's like a lot of lot of drilling, you know, natural gas drilling.
- No, because he he didn't finance his oil drilling with debt.
- Or do we need to send robots and do some drilling?
- I just want you guys to hear the the drilling that starts up whenever I turn a microphone on.
Examples
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The GBRMPA was established in 1975, and concerns about oil drilling drove its early development.
Academic text (2008) -
More recently, though, innovations in drilling and mining have made accessing these oil sources much easier.
Academic text (2012) -
Biden has given more permits for oil drilling than Trump did.
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Today we're going to talk about horizontal drilling and Shell plays.
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My company produces tubular products for the oil and gas drilling and exploration industries.
Academic text (1991) -
The drilling pipe explodes upward, lifting the drilling arm and the entire Armadillo vehicle with it.
Fiction book (1998) -
The results of the analysis may result in a drilling rig being brought onsite to drill exploratory wells.
Academic text (2008) -
Why, if Saudi Arabia has all these untapped reserves on shore are they moving heavily into offshore drilling?
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The Roughnecks turn toward a stack of 20-foot-long stainless steel drilling pipes on the tank's bottom.
Fiction book (1998) -
The drilling of the new oil well has begun in the Gulf of Mexico.
Synonyms
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7.9
The process of drilling a hole in rock or under the ground using a machine
Compounds
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5.8
A set of connected metal tubes that carry force and mud from the platform to the cutting part underground
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5.1
A large structure in the sea that holds machines and people to drill for oil
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6.0
A thick liquid used in drilling to cool the drill, remove rock pieces and support the hole
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5.7
A mix of water, clay, and chemicals that cools and lubricates the drill, removes cuttings, and stabilizes the hole walls
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6.3
Large platform at sea where workers get oil or gas from under the sea floor
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A tool fixed to a machine that cuts rock and earth to make a hole for oil
How Invasive
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7.7
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3.4
155
3.3
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drilling comes from the tool drill, which means 'to make a hole by turning a sharp point'. So drilling is the action of making holes, from a small repair to deep oil wells.