drilling operation

collocation in English

meaningsofdrillandoperation

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drill
noun[C]
uk
/drɪl/us
/drɪl/
a tool or machine that ...
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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition ofdrillandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The main application of the robot is fordrillingoperationof aluminum parts.
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The physical activity, such as adrillingoperation, may be identical in each case.
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This will not be adrillingoperationonly; land site installations will be needed to take away the product when it has been found and piped off.
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Holes of 0.3 mm to 6.1 mm can be achieved in thisdrillingoperation.
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This is critical in adrillingoperationto avoid a kick and ultimately a blowout from uncontrolled production of formation fluids.
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The person will report and gets his or her orders from those planning the currentdrillingoperation, on a timescale of days and weeks.
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This happens when the salt barrier is damaged in thedrillingoperationor by plasticity deformation of the salt resulting in cracks.
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The company was founded in 1980 as a smalldrillingoperationand now does drilling all over the world for mining companies.
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This is about 100 feet (30 m) from the site of a geothermaldrillingoperationthat took place in 1962 and 1978.
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Offshore drilling presents environmental challenges, both from the produced hydrocarbons and the materials used during thedrillingoperation.
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The player attempts to manage an oildrillingoperationand collect oil, while evading subterranean creatures.
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With his father he began an independent oildrillingoperationthat was ultimately unsuccessful.
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This two stagedrillingoperationmay be performed with two different sized drill bits, however there are special "stepped" bits available to perform the operation in a single pass.
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This class of datadrillingoperationis formally (and loosely) known by different names, including crosstab query, pivot table, data pilot, selective hierarchy, intertwingularity and others.
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There are very few people on the staff of the prospecting group living on the platform while the drilling operations are going on.
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The possibility of encountering an abnormally pressurised formation is present in all drilling operations.
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Basically we are at the moment considering oil drilling operations.
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A production platform is a community in its own right, which encompasses drilling operations, a refinery and nothing less than a hotel.
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The purposes of such a facility would be to keep offshore drilling operations, whether for exploration or production, supplied with their material needs.
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No, since the drilling operations are being carried out by a commercial company.
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