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The first horizontal well in the Bakken was spudded by Meridian Oil in 1987, long before the current boom.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2013

Meanwhile, we’re drilling and just spudded on December 31st, the Lineham Creek well you see onshore Louisiana there.

From Forbes • Feb. 21, 2012

The country's first commercial oil well was spudded in nearby Moonie.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2011

The company spudded in, ironically, almost precisely where the British-owned Iraq Petroleum Co. abandoned a test drilling in 1947 after going down 3,500 ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

After luncheon, Bluebell wandered away in search of wild flowers, the children hunted for cray-fish, Miss Prosody spudded up ferns, and Mrs. Rolleston drew from her pocket her favourite point-lace.

From Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft