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Meanings of
wellhead
in English
Portuguese
nascente
Catalan
brollador
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The source of water for a well.
wellspring
Portuguese
nascente
Portuguese
boca de poço
Spanish
cabeza de pozo
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Component at the surface of well.
well-head
Portuguese
boca de poço
Usage of
wellhead
in English
1
Similar forces apply to the oil coming out of the broken
wellhead
.
2
A cap on the
wellhead
will remain sealed while vessels are gone.
3
A cement seal completed on the
wellhead
on Thursday was holding, BP said.
4
In the two years since the
wellhead
was sealed, the fallout has continued.
5
Then the three of them piled the boulders up around the
wellhead
again.
6
A cap on the
wellhead
has shut off oil flow since July 15.
7
The cap on the
wellhead
should mean that mud would not escape, Wells said.
8
The shutoff was done with a new cap installed at the
wellhead
on Monday.
9
BP sealed off all flow with a cap on the
wellhead
on July 15.
10
Each drilling rig uses a blowout preventer at the
wellhead
.
11
It occupied the same spot as had the
wellhead
in the Cardinal's Hat yard.
12
He said farmers should reap a percentage return from the gross earned at the
wellhead
.
13
Rensink said stopping the oil flow could cause a dangerous pressure buildup at the
wellhead
.
14
The cap on the
wellhead
should mean that mud would not escape, BP has said.
15
Gas extraction is designed to ease pressure on the ruptured
wellhead
and slow the leak.
16
Mud spurted out of cracks instead of the
wellhead
.
Other examples for "wellhead"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
wellhead
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
crippled wellhead
broken wellhead
rupture wellhead
subsea wellhead
cap the wellhead
More collocations
Translations for
wellhead
Portuguese
nascente
boca de poço
Catalan
brollador
aiguaneix
Spanish
cabeza de pozo
boca de pozo
Wellhead
through the time
Wellhead
across language varieties
United States of America
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