drilling definition
drilling means the act of boring a hole to reach a proposed bottom hole location through which oil or gas may be produced if encountered in paying quantities, and includes redrilling, sidetracking, deepening, or other means necessary to reach the proposed bottom hole location, testing, logging, plugging, and other operations necessary and incidental to the actual boring of the hole;
drilling means the perforation of the earth’s surface for collection of core samples otherwise than by pitting, trenching or sinking a shaft, whether the hole is vertical, inclined or horizontal, and includes all operations for preventing the collapse of the sides of the hole or for preventing the hole from becoming filled with extraneous matter, including water;
drilling means the perforation of the earth’s surface, whether the hole is vertical, inclined or horizontal, and includes all operations for preventing the collapse of the sides of the hole or preventing the hole from becoming filled by extraneous materials, including water, and filling of wellheads, coring and logging, and any operations incidental to the foregoing;
More Definitions of drilling
drilling means the act of boring a hole to reach a proposed location under the Property.
drilling means the perforation of the earth’s surface for purposes of making a discovery, establishing the extent of a discovery, or production of the discovered petroleum;
drilling means drilling or boring.
drilling means drilling, digging, torpedoing, acidizing, cementing, completing, or repairing.
drilling or “boring” means perforation of the earth’s surface crust by mechanical means (irrespective of whether the hole caused by the perforation is vertical, inclined, or horizontal) and includes all operations for preventing collapse of the sides of such hole or for preventing such hole from being filled with extraneous materials including water;
drilling means drilling, coring, casing, perforation, logging, development of drilling fluids and mud programs, side-tracking, deepening or reconditioning of any well, including all well testing and appraisals, and if applicable, sealing and abandonment or temporary completion, with a view to final completion or subsequent abandonment. The term "Drilling" does not include the installation of permanent production equipment or pipelines, but it does include the work necessary for the preparation of the ▇▇▇▇▇' location as well as the mobilisation and demobilisation of the drilling rigs.
drilling means the perforation of the earth’s surface whether the hole is vertical, inclined, or horizontal and includes–