单词 | spud-in |
释义 | > as lemmasspud-in 3. To begin to drill (a hole for an oil well) by imparting an up-and-down motion to the drilling bit. Now usually more widely, to drill (a well) through the upper part of the overburden; also absol. Frequently const. in and occasionally written spud-in. Also with out. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > method of drilling spud1886 rathole1922 turbodrill1948 slant-drill1969 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > dig out or up delvec1000 upgravea1340 undelve1340 grubc1374 to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 unearthc1450 sprittle1585 effode1657 to cast up1660 exhume1783 moot1823 excavate1848 lift1883 spud1886 pig-root1890 1886 Sci. Amer. 21 Aug. 116 A 12 inch hole is usually drilled or spudded down to the rock. 1913 V. B. Lewes Oil Fuel 64 If the hole is not deep enough, it has to be ‘spudded out’ to the necessary depth. 1924 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 8 643 The driller, with his hand on the brake and familiar with the action of his machinery and pump since the well was ‘spudded’ in, is by far the best judge of the formation in which he is drilling. 1928 Publ. Texas Folk-lore Soc. vii. 59 He had a 100,000 barrel gusher and was spudding in on another location. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Apr. 12/1 Drillers spudded in the first well of the big Leduc field in November, 1946. 1966 Southern Reporter CLXXX. 746/2 Substantial surface preparations to drill are sufficient to be considered ‘commencement’ of drilling operations for lease-clause purposes,..provided that such preliminary operations are continued..until well is actually spudded in. 1967 Economist 18 Nov. 788/2 The company has a world-wide business instrumentation for well-drilling.., whenever ‘wildcats are spudded’. 1975 BP Shield Internat. May 1/2 BP's drilling contractors..will spud and drill to completion the first Forties well. 1977 Irish Times 8 June 10/3 The Deminex consortium yesterday disclosed that it spudded-in its exploratory well in block 34/15, off the west coast, on Friday last. < as lemmas |
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