Sentence examples for may be drilled from inspiring English sources

A hole may be drilled or bored; awls, gimlets, and augers also produce holes.

And, politics permitting, huge reserves of cheap oil may be drilled in Iraq.

Mark Monahan, Telegraph, 2006 "The dancers in Spain's national company may be drilled in flamenco, but their style is softened by a parallel schooling in classical dance.

The evils of plagiarism may be drilled into university students, with threats that their work will be checked by that all-seeing-eye of academic fraud, turnitin.com.

In time, the whole western flank of the Rift Valley inland may be drilled, as seismic and hydrocarbon tests have shown that this too has potential for oil.

If an exploratory well shows that hydrocarbons are present, more seismic data may be gathered and one or more appraisal wells may be drilled.

Resource estimates often include gas in pockets that are so small or so deep that it may never be drilled or produced at any price.

More than 11 million acres of land leased by the federal government lies idle — or about half of all the land out on lease — property that may or may not ever be drilled for oil and gas.

As the technique does not require bone tunnels to be drilled, it may be indicated in skeletally immature patients [33].

For example, a carefully selected KOP may enable a well to be drilled in less time and at lower cost, but problem formations or shallow reservoir targets can place constraints on where the KOP can be located.

And, whisper Australian scientists gleefully for co-operation has its limits the Chinese may not be drilling in the best place.