Wellhead

Word WELLHEAD
Character 8
Hyphenation well head
Pronunciations /ˈwɛlhɛd/

Definitions and meanings of "Wellhead"

What do we mean by wellhead?

The source of a well or stream. noun

A principal source; a fountainhead. noun

The structure built over a well. noun

The source of a natural well or spring. noun

A source, spring, or fountain. noun

The surface structure of an oil well etc noun

The source of water for a stream or well noun

A structure built over a well noun

The source of water for a well noun

The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well.

The source of something; a fountainhead.

The surface structure of an oil well etc.

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The word "wellhead" in example sentences

The worst case scenario, if the wellhead is lost, could be 6 million barrels a day, or 4 Exxon Valdezes per week. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If they are indeed communicated, pressure will build on the wellhead, which is exactly what's happening. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He suspects a part of the pipe installation known as the wellhead, which sits on the seafloor, may have failed, releasing large amount of gas, he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Currently the major op at the wellhead is a dome where some of the oil is being captured and pumped to vessels at the surface the rest is overflowing the containment vessel. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The wellhead is the last component to be constructed. ❋ Unknown (1992)

The typical well in the Iron Idle program is finished with a wellhead, which is the top of the metal lining, and perhaps a device called a tree, a faucet-like rig equipped with valves to open and shut the flow of hydrocarbons during production. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Booming and skimming operations will be affected by winds and waves, even though the wellhead is a good 400 miles from the storm center, now about 150 miles southeast of ❋ Unknown (2010)

The removal of the cap means that the wellhead, which is 5,000 feet below the surface, was pouring oil unabated into the Gulf. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The casing is a pipe that runs through the wellbore from the reservoir 13,000 feet below the seafloor to the wellhead, which is on the seafloor under 5,000 feet of water. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It would not even be able to get close to the wellhead, which is 5,000 feet below the surface. ❋ Chris Sandys (2010)

"Start at the source, a mile beneath the surface," he says of the ruptured wellhead, which is accessible only to remote-controlled submersibles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The testing and analyses also demonstrated that the oil could not have come from any natural source of oil seepage in the ocean bottom, confirming that the wellhead was the source of the plume. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The temperature of oil coming out of the earth at the wellhead is a average 120*C-150*C, (water boils at 100*C). ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was just a kind of wellhead for all of this emotion and this burgeoning sexuality as America loosened up after the Second World War. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Improvements in the supply management processes -- along with the increased use of automated storage and retrieval systems -- have amplified productivity, thereby decreasing the need for wellhead pumpers. ❋ InvestingAnswers (2011)

From this wellhead of anxiety, a gusher of compliance lawyers, trainers and FCPA navigators has flowed. ❋ John Bussey (2011)

Inspecting the site on Tuesday, the Press-Register reporters described "hundreds of small, circular patches of oily sheen" dotting the Gulf's glassy surface within a mile of the wellhead. ❋ Ryan Dezember (2011)

In a devastating admission, the industry now acknowledges that it absolutely cannot afford to pay localities the costs of roads damaged from the thousands of truck trips per wellhead, leaving those ruinous costs to local taxpayers, many of whom will see no benefits from the shale boom, but only declines in their quality of life. ❋ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (2011)

The commission staff said it is "possible that inaccurate flow-rate figures may have hindered the sub-sea efforts to stop and to contain the flow of oil at the wellhead." ❋ Stephen Power (2010)

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