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 drilling or boring.
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, digging, torpedoing, acidizing, cementing, completing, or repairing.
drilling means open pit work, field processing, gasification, digging, shooting, torpedoing, perforating, fracturing, testing, logging, acidizing, cementing, completing or repairing;
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 xxxxx' location as well as the mobilisation and demobilisation of the drilling rigs.
drilling means digging or boring a new well for the purpose of exploring for, developing or producing gas or other hydrocarbons, or for the purpose of injecting gas, water or any other fluid or substance into the earth.