| 单词 | outstep well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoutstep well 2. More fully outstep well. An exploratory or additional oil well sited beyond an area already drilled. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > oil rig > [noun] > well well1652 spouting well1776 petroleum well1801 rock well1830 oil well1859 spouter1865 gusher1876 test well1877 wild cat1877 wildcat well1883 roarera1885 oiler1890 discovery1900 edge well1904 wild well1915 offset well1922 stripper1930 offset1933 production well1934 outstep1947 step-out well1948 1947 Economist 5 July 40/1 Some of these wells were considerable outsteps to test the possibilities of outlying areas, thereby extending the limits of the proven producing area to the west and north. 1955 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 39 1353 In the latter part of the year a contract National 80 B rig began drilling a program of outsteps to evaluate the oil find at Alcata-I. 1973 R. E. Chapman Petroleum Geol. xii. 256 More problems arise when planning an ‘out-step’ well, to prove an extension to the accumulation, or to define its limits. 1991 Offshore Engineer Sept. 56/1 There may be up to 300 million barrels of additional oil now economically drainable through infill and outstep drilling. < as lemmas |
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