drillings
Oil extraction activities
Drillings is the plural of drilling, which has two distinct meanings.
Most commonly, drillings are the waste materials—rock fragments, mud, and debris—produced when boring into the earth: The drillings were analyzed for traces of oil.
Separately, a drilling is a sturdy twilled cotton fabric, and drillings would be multiple types or bolts of this cloth.
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- offshoreAway from land
fracking · petroleum · reservoir · platform · wellhead · blowout · completion · pumpjack
Small amount or portion
Narrow vertical passage
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- excavationAct of unearthing
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- veinVessel toward heart
mineral · deposit · coal · underground · borehole · exploration · assay · overburden
Empty space within
- enamelHard glossy coating
- fillingMaterial placed within
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
handpiece · burr · pulp · crown · extraction · dentist · novocaine · numbing
Activity for fitness
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- formationCreation or arrangement
- marchingRhythmic group walking
discipline · repetition · maneuver · inspection · barracks · regiment · cadence · squad
rig
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
offshore · fracking · petroleum · reservoir · platform · wellhead · blowout · completion · pumpjack · casing
bit
Small amount or portion
spindle · feed · depth · hole · flutes · coolant · lathe · mill · CNC · tap
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- excavationAct of unearthing
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
vein · mineral · deposit · coal · underground · borehole · exploration · assay · overburden · adit
cavity
Empty space within
anesthesia · handpiece · burr · pulp · crown · extraction · dentist · novocaine · numbing · molar
exercise
Activity for fitness
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- formationCreation or arrangement
marching · discipline · repetition · maneuver · inspection · barracks · regiment · cadence · squad · platoon
drillingsfillings
Material inserted into cavities
deposits · inlays · sealings · buildups · accumulations
- oil drillingBoring for underground fuel
- drilling rigWell-boring machinery platform
- drilling operationsExcavation for subsurface access
- drilling platformsStructures for underwater extraction
- offshore drillingExtracting petroleum from seabed
- drilling downInvestigating progressively deeper