Sentence examples for was drilling from inspiring English sources
noun
A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
- Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.
He was drilling like he's always been".
"Even then, Jeffrey was drilling the relay team," Metcalfe recalled.
At the time, Exxon was drilling what was then the northernmost offshore well in the world.
A nearly identical rig, the Development Driller II, was drilling a backup relief well.
BP strongly denied the claim that it was drilling deeper than was allowed.
The Marianas was the original rig that was drilling BP's Macondo well before being damaged in a hurricane.
In October, 1927, a team of geologists was drilling near Kirkuk, a hundred and fifty miles north of Baghdad.
A nearly identical rig, the Development Driller II, was drilling a backup that is not as far along.
In September 2006, Exxon was drilling a particularly challenging exploration well in the Gulf of Mexico, called Blackbeard.
The April 20 explosion on that rig happened while it was drilling an exploratory well at about 1,500 meters.
The Deepwater Horizon was drilling in 1,500 metres of water 70km off the coast when it leaked.
