wellbore

English

Etymology

From well +‎ bore.

Noun

wellbore (plural wellbores)

1. The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.
   • 1995, Proceedings, International Meeting on Petroleum Engineering, page 63:

     The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe.

Synonyms

• borehole

References

• Wellbore, Oilfield Glossary.

Anagrams

• bellower, borewell, rebellow