Sentence examples for kerosene drilling from inspiring English sources
They found hints of life on samples from the drill bit, but contamination from the kerosene drilling fluid was a possibility.
"The only samples they have that I am aware of is water, mixed with kerosene drilling fluid".
Samples taken from the lake so far contain about one part of kerosene per 1000 of water, and they are contaminated with bacteria previously present in the drill bit and the kerosene drilling fluid.
I took a lot of equipment with me: axe and cleaver, fishing poles, kerosene lamp, ice drill, saw, snowshoes, tent, liquor glasses and vodka, cigars, provisions (pasta, rice, Tabasco sauce, coffee) and a library of almost 80 books.
However, Vladimar Korolev, the laboratory head of the study at the same institution, said that the bacteria could in principle be a contaminant that use kerosene — the antifreeze used during drilling— as an energy source.
They carried bauxite-mining equipment into British Guiana and drill pipe up the Amazon, hanging kerosene lanterns to light their way.
"There was one strain of bacteria which we did not find in drilling liquid, but the bacteria could in principal use kerosene as an energy source.
The original drilling technique employed by the Russians involved the use of Freon and kerosene to lubricate the borehole and prevent it from collapsing and freezing over; 60 ST of these chemicals have been used thus far on the ice above Lake Vostok.
The perfection of oil-drilling techniques quickly spread to Russia, and by 1890 refineries there were producing large quantities of kerosene and fuel oils.
