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wellbore

wellbore noun: the hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.

Noun

wellbore (plural wellbores)

  1. The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.
    • The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe.1995, Proceedings, International Meeting on Petroleum Engineering, page 63
    Synonyms:
    borehole

Synonyms of wellbore

Forms of wellbore

pluralwellbores

Origin of wellbore

From well + bore.

Questions about wellbore

What does wellbore mean?
Wellbore means the hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.
What part of speech is wellbore?
Wellbore is a noun.
What is the plural of wellbore?
The plural of wellbore is wellbores.

Words near wellbore in the dictionary

  1. wellbeing
  2. wellbeings
  3. wellbeloved
  4. wellboat
  5. wellboats
  6. wellbore
  7. wellbores
  8. wellborn
  9. Wellborns
  10. wellbred
  11. Wellbrock

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