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Definition of Drilling rig
1. Noun. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
Specialized synonyms: Drilling Platform, Offshore Rig
Generic synonyms: Rig
Definition of Drilling rig
1. Noun. (&lit drilling rig) ¹
2. Noun. An oil rig. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drilling Rig
Literary usage of Drilling rig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"The thing which was particularly noted by P. Keegan, who operated a 72-ft.
drilling rig at Ladybrand, Orange Free State, South Africa, in 1910 on the ..."
2. ...Well-drilling Methods by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"PORTABLE drilling rig. VARIATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION. Several modified forms of the
standard outfit, called portable rigs, are made. ..."
3. Petroleum Production Methods by John R. Suman (1921)
"A drilling rig is a structure with its mechanism adapted to boring holes of ...
The steel drilling rig discussed in this paper is the structure and the ..."
4. The Petroleum Industry of Southeastern Illinois by Willis Stanley Blatchley, Stuart Weller (1906)
"drilling rig—Having selected a site for his first well, the operator next contracts
for the drilling. If this be done with a drilling machine, ..."
5. Oil Prospecting, Drilling and Extraction by Forest John Swears Sur (1914)
"The percussion drilling rig of the various designs is used in any ... The principle
of the rotary drilling rig consists of a rapidly turning column of pipe, ..."
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