Sentence examples for the initial drilling from inspiring English sources

The difference is that the term "fracking" refers to a specific act, namely the breaking up of shale rock, and does not apply to many other parts of the drilling process, which runs from the initial drilling to the plugging of the well, not to mention the disposal of the waste.

Temporary abandonment is the process of plugging the well after the initial drilling so that new equipment can be brought in to complete the well in order for production to begin; the report states that BP engineers produced at least five such plans for the well from April 12 to April 20, the day of the blast.

After the initial drilling is done, the drill is connected to a pump that produces high hydraulic pressure; the pressure is used to break the sinus floor and to lift the membrane [23].

The initial drilling program, the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE), targeted a transect offshore of the Kii Peninsula, Honshu, Japan, where the Philippine Sea Plate subducts at the Nankai Trough at a rate of 4 cm per year.

Many non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs), which were observed during the initial drilling phase, are associated with multiple health effects.

For instance, the initial drilling time was of 106 ± 46 sec and the initial overall total of 470 ± 131 sec.

First was the bone splitter: a sharp, graduated arrow-like osteotome used to penetrate the maxillary bone with gentle malleting directly after using the initial drill.

The initial drill will be completed by hopping over a line on the floor and progressed to hopping over 2 inch cups and ultimately 6 inch hurdles.

This work investigates the influence of the following variables and parameters on the microwave drying process: heterogeneous drying, initial drilling fluid content in the drill cuttings, mechanical stirring of the bed, and type of synthetic drilling fluid.

The company said today that it had already begun initial drilling at the two terminal points and would begin laying the cable, delivered by ship from Sweden, in New Haven Harbor on May 4. The cable, which will disrupt one commercially cultivated shellfish bed and other, uncultivated beds, could begin transferring power between the two states by June 20, a company official said.

To estimate the correct pressure, oil companies traditionally relied on rock samples and stress data taken from the well bore after initial drilling.