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well drilling

well drilling noun: 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.

Noun

well drilling (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • 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; [...].1964 May, R. K. Evans, “The Ventura—Paxman's high-speed engine”, in Modern Railways, page 328

well drilling meaning in Tamil

well drilling in Tamil

கினற்றுத்துரப்பீடு

Questions about well drilling

What does well drilling mean?
Well drilling means 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.
What is well drilling in Tamil?
Well drilling in Tamil is கினற்றுத்துரப்பீடு. See Well drilling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is well drilling?
Well drilling is a noun.

Words near well drilling in the dictionary

  1. well deserved
  2. well done
  3. well drain
  4. well drains
  5. well dressing
  6. well drilling
  7. well drink
  8. well drinks
  9. well duh
  10. well end
  11. well fed

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