Sentence examples for drill around from inspiring English sources

13 July Nesting woodpeckers drill around 200 holes in the fuel tank of Discovery, delaying its launch.

Mr. Taiana said he hoped the group would issue a statement condemning the British intent to drill around the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas.

These allow an operator to drill around a mechanical problem in the original hole to the original target from the existing wellbore.

With fewer places to drill around the world, the biggest oil companies, including Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Shell, argue that more domestic oil production is not incompatible with the administration's goals of lowering imports and using energy more efficiently.

According to Pemex, there could be 29bn barrels of crude in deep waters, but it would have to drill around 300 wells (implying exploration in 1,500 wells, assuming a 20% success rate) to find sufficient oil to maintain current production levels.

The Madrid Protocol, signed in 1991, bans mining or other exploitation of the environment; but the protocol is due for renegotiation in 2048 – and as the technology to drill around the continent becomes available, it's far from clear that its signatories will maintain the ban.

"It's a real return and attention to memorization and recall, drilling around math facts".

Venting wells were drilled around the garbage dump after the methane problem was discovered.

Expanded drilling around a vast area of lakes, rivers and marshes centred on Teshekpuk Lake is also planned.

A problem in March had forced the company to apply for a "bypass," in which a well is drilled around a problem area.

A problem in March had forced the company to apply for a "bypass," in which the well is drilled around the problem area.