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bottom kills

bottom kills is the plural of bottom kill.

Meaning of bottom kill

Noun

bottom kill (plural bottom kills)

  1. (oil industry) A method of closing an oil well, by drilling a relief well to the bottom of the borehole of the blown-out well and pumping in heavy drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to counteract oil pressure and staunch the flow, then filling in the orifice to the oil reservoir with concrete (cement) to seal the blow-out and the relief wells.

Questions about bottom kills

What is bottom kills the plural of?
Bottom kills is the plural of bottom kill.

Words near bottom kills in the dictionary

  1. bottom hand
  2. bottom hands
  3. bottom heat
  4. bottom hopping
  5. bottom kill
  6. bottom kills
  7. bottom line
  8. bottom liner
  9. bottom liners
  10. bottom lines
  11. bottom liver

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