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wellbores

wellbores is the plural of wellbore.

Meaning of wellbore

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

Questions about wellbores

What is wellbores the plural of?
Wellbores is the plural of wellbore.

Words near wellbores in the dictionary

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

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