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A hole in any surface that allows air or other gases to pass, especially an opening in the surface of a frozen lake etc.
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The fluid, most often water, used in hydraulic fracturing
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Alternative form of base fluid [The fluid, most often water, used in hydraulic fracturing]
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(oil industry jargon) The collection of valves sometimes found at the top of a working oil well.
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(engineering, thermodynamics) A feedwater heater in which the two fluid streams do not mix.
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(physics, used mostly in plural) One vessel in a system of containers filled with a homogeneous fluid, connected at the base and subjected to the same atmospheric pressure.
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(US) dowsing in search of petroleum
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Water added to a boiler to replace that lost during operation.
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a device used to preheat water before it enters a boiler. They were at one time also fitted to steam locomotives.
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A natural layer of water inside oil and gas reservoirs.
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(oil industry) To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
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An opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity.
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Alternative form of fumarole [An opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity.]
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The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
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An area of land or seabed where natural gas can be extracted in commercially viable quantities.
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Alternative spelling of gas field [An area of land or seabed where natural gas can be extracted in commercially viable quantities.]
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A large tank or reservoir for storing gas; a gasholder.
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A mining method using water
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(oil industry) A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.
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A form of mining that uses pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment.
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hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
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The process of removing and neutralizing mines.
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A boiler's water drum, particularly one mounted low on the boiler so as to keep mud from circulation.
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(oil industry) Abbreviation of Oil Country Tubular Goods.. Tubing, casing and drill pipes manufactured according to API Specification 5CT.
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A drum (container) used to transport oil
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A rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.
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A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped.
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(informal) A supertanker that transports oil.
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A rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.
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An aperture or conduit for oil.
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(oil boring) A stratum of oil sand thick enough to make a well pay.
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A type of pasta similar to macaroni.
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(chemistry) A piece of laboratory apparatus, consisting of a vessel filled with liquid (generally water or mercury), used for collecting gases.
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(geology) A natural surface opening associated with karst.
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An excavation filled with gunpowder for blasting rocks, etc.
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Wastewater that is left over after its use in the extraction process of oil or gas.
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A sand ejector, modified from the jet pump, used in caissons for sinking the foundations of bridges.
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A tube, filled with sand of a calibrated size and geometry, used in the oil industry to enhance recovery of product
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A person who has become rich by allowing natural gas to be extracted from a shale deposit situated below land they own.
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(manufacturing) An industry or any large manufacturing facility that utilizes one or more smokestacks to dispose of unwanted materials into the atmosphere.
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To find petroleum when boring for it.
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An oilwell of natural gas well that releases lots of gas into the atmosphere
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A hole through which gas or air can escape.
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(medicine, archaic) A physician who treats diseases with water; a hydropathist.
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The surface structure of an oil well etc.
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The cost of extracting oil from an oil well, excluding later factors such as tax and transportation.
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(oil industry) To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.
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(US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
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