drilling technique

collocation in English

meaningsofdrillandtechnique

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drill
noun[C]
uk
/drɪl/us
/drɪl/
a tool or machine that ...
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technique
noun[C or U]
uk
/tekˈniːk/us
/tekˈniːk/
a way of doing an activity that ...
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(Definition ofdrillandtechniquefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The directionaldrillingtechniqueallows the path of the well to be directed to achieve contact with as many potentially producing features as possible.
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This technology became available roughly 20 years after the time the laserdrillingtechniquewas developed.
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Dahmer referred to this practice as hisdrillingtechnique.
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Nine use not usually manned rigs and five are expected to be developed by the new technology in drilling—the extended-reach drilling techniques.
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First, there is the method of using oil drilling techniques to drill deep boreholes into the continental shelf, where the waste could be stored.
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Courses are available in further education establishments in drilling techniques and exploration methods.
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The drilling of appraisal wells was completed in 1994 by using horizontal drilling techniques.
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During that era, the simple drilling techniques such as cable-tool drilling and the lack of blowout preventers meant that drillers could not control high-pressure reservoirs.
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Modern drilling techniques utilize long drill shafts, producing holes much narrower and deeper than could be produced by digging.
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The increase is largely attributed to breakthroughs in horizontal drilling techniques and increased hydraulic fracturing.
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Fracking uses both historically-known vertical and horizontal drilling techniques which are used in tandem to extract oil and gas.
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