directional drilling

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noun

a method of drilling for oil in which the well is not drilled vertically, as when a number of wells are to be drilled from a single platform to reach different areas of an oil fieldAlso called: deviated drilling

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Words nearby directional drilling

direct injection, direct input, direction, directional, directional derivative, directional drilling, directional microphone, direction angle, direction cosine, direction finder, direction number

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