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operatorship, n.|ˈɒpəreɪtəʃɪp|
[f. operator n. + -ship.]
The position or function of an operator; control over an operation, spec. (in the Oil and Gas Industries) the right to operate a well, field, etc.
1977Offshore Engineer May 40/3 ETAP..has the same status as any other working oil company. In fact, it already has operatorship of some offshore leases. 1982Financial Times 3 Dec. (Suppl.) p. i/4 Mobil is also well aware that Statoil, the Norwegian state oil corporation..is keen to take over the operatorship for itself. 1985Times 21 Mar. 38/2 (Advt.), Two operatorships have already been secured and others are under negotiation. 1987Times 18 June 21/3 British Gas..had been ordered to sell off..its operatorship of the Wytch Farm on-shore field, in Dorset, the country's largest on-shore oil project. 1988Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 14/8 The department has a responsibility to help our sector gain operatorship, which will develop the expertise of the independent sector. |