tool pusher
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He said that BP knew it was in difficulties and that tragedy could have been averted with "as little as a 10 second phone call" or "a 30-second walk down to the tool pusher".
From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2013
He said the phrase was coined by Stephen Curtis, a senior tool pusher, while working on a previous well called Devil’s Tower, but he also used it to refer to the failed well.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010
Another Transocean official, Miles Ezell, whose title is senior tool pusher, recalled a panicked phone call from an assistant driller moments before the explosion.
From New York Times • May 29, 2010
But Gil Baucheis, "tool pusher" or chief honcho aboard SEDCO's barge, points out that wildcatters drilled in the North Sea for ten years before striking huge reserves.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He’s been out drilling in Smith County. Filling in for a tool pusher who got hurt, I think. I’ve been steering clear as much as I can.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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