step-outn.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to step out: see to step out at step v. Phrasal verbs 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstep-out.

Oil Industry.

In full step-out well. A well drilled beyond the established area of an oil or gas field to find out if it extends further.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > oil rig > [noun] > well

well1652

spouting well1776

petroleum well1801

rock well1830

oil well1859

spouter1865

gusher1876

test well1877

wild cat1877

wildcat well1883

roarera1885

oiler1890

discovery1900

edge well1904

wild well1915

offset well1922

stripper1930

offset1933

production well1934

outstep1947

step-out well1948

1948 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 33 1082 Step-out well No. 55, 1 kilometer east of No. 26, is now drilling.

1955 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. i. 72 Common practice is to drill ‘step outs’ at specified distances in all four directions from a discovery well.

1962 F. E. Wellings in M. J. Wells Oil Industry Tomorrow 32 Step-out wells make [sic] the usual division between exploratory wells and development wells. In development wells, if they are intelligently done, the percentage of success is very high,..but less so for the step-out wells.

1977 Offshore Engineer Aug. 19/3 Well 3/8-3, south of Ninian, found a hydrocarbon accumulation which has been extended into block 3/7 to the west with a step-out.

1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 407/1 The Gas Council..have indicated a wish to sink step-out wells on the Goathorn Peninsula and on the Studland Peninsula.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	step-out
释义	step-outn. Etymology: < verbal phrase to step out: see to step out at step v. Phrasal verbs 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstep-out. Oil Industry. In full step-out well. A well drilled beyond the established area of an oil or gas field to find out if it extends further. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > oil rig > [noun] > well well1652 spouting well1776 petroleum well1801 rock well1830 oil well1859 spouter1865 gusher1876 test well1877 wild cat1877 wildcat well1883 roarera1885 oiler1890 discovery1900 edge well1904 wild well1915 offset well1922 stripper1930 offset1933 production well1934 outstep1947 step-out well1948 1948 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 33 1082 Step-out well No. 55, 1 kilometer east of No. 26, is now drilling. 1955 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. i. 72 Common practice is to drill ‘step outs’ at specified distances in all four directions from a discovery well. 1962 F. E. Wellings in M. J. Wells Oil Industry Tomorrow 32 Step-out wells make [sic] the usual division between exploratory wells and development wells. In development wells, if they are intelligently done, the percentage of success is very high,..but less so for the step-out wells. 1977 Offshore Engineer Aug. 19/3 Well 3/8-3, south of Ninian, found a hydrocarbon accumulation which has been extended into block 3/7 to the west with a step-out. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 407/1 The Gas Council..have indicated a wish to sink step-out wells on the Goathorn Peninsula and on the Studland Peninsula. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1948
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