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.

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