drilling
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈdrɪlɪŋ/
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perforación
- After careful planning, the team started drilling to locate the underground water supply.
- offshore drilling
- oil drilling
- gas drilling
There's like a lot of lot of drilling, you know, natural gas drilling.
- 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
The process of drilling a hole in rock or under the ground using a machine
Compounds
- Specialized
2
5.1
A large structure in the sea that holds machines and people to drill for oil
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1
6.0
A thick liquid used in drilling to cool the drill, remove rock pieces and support the hole
- Specialized
1
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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1
5.8
A set of connected metal tubes that carry force and mud from the platform to the cutting part underground
- Specialized
A tool fixed to a machine that cuts rock and earth to make a hole for oil
- Specialized
Large platform at sea where workers get oil or gas from under the sea floor
How Invasive
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.