drilling pipe
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈdrɪlɪŋ paɪp/
- Specialized
:
tubería de perforación
- The crew assembled the drilling pipe to reach the oil reservoir beneath the ground.
Examples
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The drilling pipe explodes upward, lifting the drilling arm and the entire Armadillo vehicle with it.
Fiction book (1998) -
What happened then is that the drill pipe actually is pulled up through the blowout preventer.
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Bear begins offloading 20-foot-long drilling pipes.
Fiction book (1998) -
Five members of Greenpeace have handcuffed themselves in a circle around the drilling pipe.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Roughnecks turn toward a stack of 20-foot-long stainless steel drilling pipes on the tank's bottom.
Fiction book (1998) -
Harry passes it to Bear, who screws it onto the drilling pipe. Rockhound scoops up a collection of downhole rock chips.
Fiction book (1998) -
INT. DOWN THE DRILLING HOLE - DAY A.J., holding his breath underwater, shimmies down the drilling pipe feet-first, inside the water-filled concrete tube.
Fiction book (1998) -
During the maintenance check, the technician inspected the drilling pipe for any signs of wear and tear.
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Heavy machinery lifted the drilling pipe into position for the next phase of drilling operations.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'drilling' (the process of making holes) combined with 'pipe' (a tubular conduit) yields a pipe used in drilling. A B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer it denotes a tubular component used in drilling operations, even if they might not grasp specialized technical details.
Etymology
Drilling pipe is the name for the strong hollow tubes used to drill for oil or gas: drilling means making a hole and pipe is a tube. Picture a long metal straw that turns and pushes the drill while it carries 'drilling mud' down to the drill bit, so the phrase means the connected tubes that send force and mud from the platform to the bit.