| 单词 | stripper well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstripper well More fully, stripper well. An oil well in which production has dwindled to only a few barrels a day. 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 1930 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 18 Dec. 48/2 The proration committee is working out a plan safeguarding the interest of operators owning small and shallow producing wells... Nothing will be done that might cause the abandonment of the stripper wells. 1931 Oil & Gaz Jrnl. 8 Jan. 26/1 There would apparently be nothing to do but to abandon these old strippers as having exceeded their useful life. 1976 Watertown (S. Dakota) Public Opinion 6 July 7/5 Throughout the United States marginally productive oil wells known as ‘strippers’ account for more than 13 percent of domestic production. 1980 Fortune 24 Mar. 64/1 Independents will also get a break on oil from ‘stripper’ wells, which produce ten or fewer barrels a day. < as lemmas |
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