exploratory drilling

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• exploratory drilling test — A test had by way of discovery to ascertain the extent of mineral deposits. 23 Am J2d Dep § 184 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Drilling —   The act of boring a hole (1) to determine whether minerals are present in commercially recoverable quantities and (2) to accomplish production of the minerals (including drilling to inject fluids).   ■ Exploratory. Drilling to locate probable… …   Energy terms

• exploratory — adjective Date: 1620 of, relating to, or being exploration < exploratory surgery > < exploratory drilling for oil > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Exploratory Well — A deep hole, in the earth, that a petroleum or natural gas company drills in the hopes of locating a new source of fossil fuel. An exploratory well represents a risk for the company drilling it, because it is not known, before investing in the… …   Investment dictionary

• Arctic Refuge drilling controversy — Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Map The question of whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been an ongoing political controversy in the United States since 1977.[1] The issue has been used by both Democrats and …   Wikipedia

• Wildcat Drilling — The process of drilling for oil or natural gas in an unproven area, that has no concrete historic production records and has been unexplored as a site for potential oil and gas output. The most successful energy companies are the ones with a very …   Investment dictionary

• Offshore drilling on the US Atlantic coast — for oil and gas took place from 1947 to the early 1980s. Oil companies drilled 5 wells in Atlantic Florida state waters and 51 exploratory wells on federal leases on the outer continental shelf of the Atlantic coast. None of the wells were… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Falkland Islands — The geology of the Falkland Islands has its origins in events of more than 400 million years bp, before the Falkland Islands existed as separate entities, with the appearance of intruded dikes in the crust of the supercontinent Gondwana. The… …   Wikipedia

• Dutch Gold Resources — Dutch Gold Resources, Inc. Type Public (OTCQB: DGRI) Industry Mining, Gold Founded 2006 …   Wikipedia

• Drillship — Comparison of deepwater semi submersible and drillship …   Wikipedia

• Offshore oil and gas in the United States — provides a large portion of the nation’s oil and gas supply. Large oil and gas reservoirs are found in the sea nearby Louisiana, Texas, California, and Alaska. Environmental concerns have prevented or restricted offshore drilling in some areas,… …   Wikipedia