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uphole

uphole adjective: within the wellbore, towards the top of the hole.

Adjective

uphole (not comparable)

  1. (oil industry) Within the wellbore, towards the top of the hole.
    • calculations made uphole
    • The shale bed is uphole from the limestone reservoir.

Origin of uphole

From up- + hole.

Questions about uphole

What does uphole mean?
Uphole means within the wellbore, towards the top of the hole.
What part of speech is uphole?
Uphole is an adjective.

Words near uphole in the dictionary

  1. upholdings
  2. upholds
  3. upholdster
  4. upholdsters
  5. upholdstery
  6. uphole
  7. Upholland
  8. upholster
  9. upholsterable
  10. upholstered
  11. upholsterer

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