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workover

workover noun: any kind of oil well intervention involving invasive techniques, such as wireline or snubbing.

Noun

workover (plural workovers)

  1. Any kind of oil well intervention involving invasive techniques, such as wireline or snubbing.
    • Shell launched a massive "work over" campaign during my second year in Brunei. A work over is basically an existing production well that needs a service.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 44

Forms of workover

pluralworkovers

Origin of workover

From work + over.

Questions about workover

What does workover mean?
Workover means any kind of oil well intervention involving invasive techniques, such as wireline or snubbing.
What part of speech is workover?
Workover is a noun.
What is the plural of workover?
The plural of workover is workovers.

Words near workover in the dictionary

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