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gas well
noun
- a well from which natural gas is obtained.
gas well
noun
- a well for obtaining natural gas
Word History and Origins
Origin of gas well1
Example Sentences
There are so many abandoned mines and old oil and gas wells in the country that have been ignored for so long that there is only a rough guess of how many exist.
Hundreds of abandoned oil and natural gas wells cover Montana, according to Shuck, and nationally the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the number exceeds 3 million, which various people view as either way too low or way too high.
These occur at gas wells, pipelines, refineries, and power plants, but also landfills and cattle fields.
Natural gas wells iced over, slowing the fuel supply that heats homes.
The gas is then pumped into underground geological formations, including old oil and gas wells, where it won’t escape back to the atmosphere.
In the middle stands a 6-foot stack of steel pipes and valves—a gas well.
A natural-gas well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, and 44 workers were evacuated.
"Oh, no, it's only a gas well trying to find its way to the surface of the ground," was the dry comment.
After the first hour of flight, both boys began looking for the flare of the gas well.
A match was again applied to the gas well and the monoplane was whirled out into the spectacular illumination.
The smoke and coal gas well-nigh strangled the boy, but he kept on.
While he was there he mentioned the gas well to several people, or they say he did, and thats how the story got round.
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