Wellbore

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.

    "The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe."

Synonyms

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boreholeborehole

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"The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe."

Etymology

From well + bore.

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