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underbalanced

underbalanced adjective: describing a method of drilling for petroleum in which the pressure in the wellbore is kept lower than that of the formation being drilled, thus allowing fluid to enter the well as soon as it is found.

Adjective

underbalanced (not comparable)

  1. Describing a method of drilling for petroleum in which the pressure in the wellbore is kept lower than that of the formation being drilled, thus allowing fluid to enter the well as soon as it is found.

Origin of underbalanced

From under- + balanced.

Questions about underbalanced

What does underbalanced mean?
Underbalanced means describing a method of drilling for petroleum in which the pressure in the wellbore is kept lower than that of the formation being drilled, thus allowing fluid to enter the well as soon as it is found.
What part of speech is underbalanced?
Underbalanced is an adjective.

Words near underbalanced in the dictionary

  1. underbailiffs
  2. underbake
  3. underbaked
  4. underbakes
  5. underbaking
  6. underbalanced
  7. underballast
  8. underballasted
  9. underballasting
  10. underballasts
  11. underbanked

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