gas well
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3.7
- noun
- /ɡæs wɛl/
- Specialized
:
pozo de gas
- The state had 270,233 active oil and gas wells that year.
- natural gas well
- active gas well
- km from a gas well
Farmers collect royalties for their leases on their land from gas wells.
- Farmers collect royalties for their leases on their land from gas wells.
Examples
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There are several potential explanations for the finding of increased skin conditions among inhabitants living near gas wells.
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Ron White leased his land for drilling a few years ago, and lives right beside an active gas well.
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Methane has been coming out of gas wells for many years.
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In 2005, Encana completed a gas well near Meeks' property.
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The mean and median distance between a household and the nearest natural gas well were 2.0 km and 1.4 km, respectively.
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Insurance with Gico, I got a $39.64 royalty check from my gas well this quarter.
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Shortly after taking office, Corbett repealed environmental assessments of gas wells in state parks.
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Of these natural gas wells, 95% were horizontally drilled (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 2012).
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Our findings of increased reporting of upper respiratory symptoms among persons living < 1 km from a natural gas well suggest that airborne irritant exposures related to natural gas extraction activities could be playing a role.
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A large number of new gas wells have been drilled here in Pennsylvania.
Synonyms
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2.0
A deep hole or space that holds water
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a well drilled to extract natural gas' is directly derivable from combining 'gas' (natural gas) with 'well' (a shaft or excavation for extracting fluids). This straightforward noun-noun compounding aligns with common resource-extraction vocabulary cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Gas well makes a simple picture: a well is a deep hole used to bring things up, and a gas well brings gas up from under the ground. So a gas well means a drilled hole used 'to get natural gas'.