Example Sentences

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The problem is that being the best shale driller has less allure than it did five years ago.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

As a self-described wildcatter — an oil driller who takes risks in new places — Cranberg believes that a pioneering mindset is just what the South American country needs.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

"We are ready to go to Venezuela," said Bill Armstrong, who leads an independent oil and gas driller.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

In 2017, Flores became CEO of privately owned Sable Permian Resources, a West Texas driller that was burdened by debt and went bankrupt during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

The limestone that elsewhere gives Iowa its hard mineralized water was obliterated and replaced by the shocked basement rocks that so puzzled the water driller in 1912.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson