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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Operates gasoline, diesel, electric, or steam draw works to drill oil or gas wells: Observes pressure gauge and moves throttles and levers to control speed of rotary table which rotates string of tools in borehole, and to regulate pressure of tools at bottom of borehole. Connects sections of drill pipe, using handtools and powered wrenches and tongs. Selects and changes drill bits according to nature of strata, using handtools. Pushes levers and brake pedals to control draw works which lowers and raises drill pipe and casing into and out of well. Examines operation of slush pumps to ensure circulation and consistency of mud (drilling fluid) in well. Examines drillings or core samples from bottom of well to determine nature of strata. Fishes for and recovers lost or broken bits, casing and drill pipes from well, using special tools attached to end of drill pipe or cable. Keeps record of footage drilled, location and nature of strata penetrated, and materials used. Caps well or turns valves to regulate outflow of oil from well. Repairs or replaces defective parts of machinery, using handtools. May lower and explode charge in borehole to start flow of oil from well. May specialize in drilling underwater wells from barge-mounted derricks or drilling platforms and be designated Rotary Driller, Marine Operations (petrol. & gas). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 22, Beau Desert, France. : Steam well driller at work. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Truck belonging to oil well driller, Salem, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
well driller | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-l-l-l-l-r-r-w" | |
-4 letters: driller, dweller, redrill, rewired, weirder, wielder. | |
-5 letters: dewier, lewder, lieder, redrew, relied, relier, reweld, rewire, rilled, welder, welled, wellie, wilder, willed, willer. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 45 4C 4C 44 52 49 4C 4C 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01000101 01001100 01001100 00100000 01000100 01010010 01001001 01001100 01001100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W E L L   D R I L L E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0045 004C 004C 0044 0052 0049 004C 004C 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57394646238524346463952 |
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