| 单词 | spudding-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspudding-in The action of digging or removing with a spud; spec. the preliminary drilling of a well-hole through the upper part of the overburden (see spud v. 3); frequently as spudding in, spudding-in. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > methods of drilling spudding1885 sidetracking1911 secondary recovery1940 turbodrilling1955 slant-drilling1977 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging > digging to spade depth spitting1594 spading1647 spittling1807 spudding1885 1885 Engineering 26 June 708/2 The bore is usually started by what is termed spudding—i.e., working the tools direct from the Bull wheel, lifting and dropping by slacking or surging the rope on the wheel. 1891 Daily News 12 Sept. 3/6 This is followed by regular day work..made up of thistle spudding,..hop-branching, hay~making, harvesting, &c. 1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 746/2 The start is made by ‘spudding’, which is done by attaching the drill proper to the rope, and then skilfully tightening and loosening the coils on the drum by hand, thus raising the drill and letting it fall within the tube. 1922 A. Blum Petroleum iii. i. 162 The hole is started with a bit, eight to twenty inches across the cutting edge, the size depending upon the proposed depth of the hole... This is called ‘spudding in’. 1929 H. E. Babbitt & J. J. Doland Water Supply Engin. vii. 160 The well hole is usually started by ‘spudding’, which consists in drilling without the walking beam because of the shorter length of tools and the lack of ‘stretch’ in the rope. 1967 Sun 22 Sept. 8/5 Exploratory drilling starts this weekend with the ‘spudding-in’ of a well 15 miles off the Lincolnshire coast. 1974 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 58 1124/2 The present drilling program began in 1971 with the spudding of the Eider well. < as lemmas |
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