Meaning of well drilling | Babel Free

Definitions

The process of boring a hole deep into the ground for the purpose of extracting a natural resource, such as groundwater, brine, natural gas or crude oil.

uncountable

Examples

“After the war, the invaluable experience gained with mass production of the TP engines saw Davey Paxman in a favourable position to supply such units almost "off the shelf", a facility found to be of great value by oil companies engaged in well-drilling; [...].”

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