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drill pipe

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noun

  1. (in oil-well drilling or the like) any of several coupled tubes for rotating the bit and supplying drilling mud.


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The most recent lawsuit was filed Aug. 26 by an oilfield worker struck by a drill pipe in Martin County, Texas.

From Reuters

A drilling crew member raises drill pipe onto the drilling rig floor on an oil rig in the Permian Basin near Wink, Texas U.S.

From Reuters

Japanese steelmakers are facing a supply glut, weak orders for drill pipe due to slumping oil prices, and softer-than-expected domestic demand, battering profits and output.

From Reuters

Drill pipe is seen below a drilling rig on a lease owned by Oasis Petroleum in the Permian Basin near Wink, Texas U.S.

From Reuters

The rig, retrofitted for drilling in the desert, had arrived in December on the 600-foot-long transport ship Yellowstone, also laden with at least 23 massive trucks for pulling loads, bundles of drill pipe, and seismic testing systems on trucks with off-road tractor tires.

From National Geographic