The phrase "a test well" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a well-designed test or a test that has been conducted effectively, but as it stands, it lacks clarity.
Example: "The results of a test well conducted can provide valuable insights into the subject matter."
Alternatives: "a well-designed test" or "a properly conducted test".
Recent seismic activity near a test well in Britain has been linked to it.
To really zero in on well sites, they drill a test well, which produces cuttings of the various strata.
Tullow Oil shook off early disappointment that a test well in Ghana had failed to find oil, and closed 6p higher at £12.88.
The site is in the same county as Balcombe, where energy company Cuadrilla faced protests over its attempts to drill a test well last summer.
Davis initially agreed to have a test well on his place, based on Metgasco's claim the gas would be used for a power plant for Casino.
BG edged up 4.5p to £12.05 after it announced it had seen higher than expected gas flows from a test well off the coast of Tanzania.
Another, of a test-well tower, is a dreamily moody industrial scene -- the dark gray of the night sky offset by the glow of the moon and mysterious whooshes of light springing from the inky black landscape.
But the British company exploring for gas off the Gaza Strip, BG International, has not received a requested security clearance from Israel to drill a second test well.
The British company exploring for gas off the Gaza Strip, BG International, has not received a requested security clearance from the Israeli Defense Ministry to drill a second test well there.
Last summer, the Kulluk drilled a shallow test well in the Beaufort Sea while another rig drilled a similar hole in the Chukchi Sea to the west.
IGas confirmed plans to build a vertical test well at Barton Moss but said they have "no plans" for fracking.
