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Etymology
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underbalanced drilling
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Etymology
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under-
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balanced
Adjective
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underbalanced
(
not
comparable
)
Describing a method of
drilling
for
petroleum
in which the
pressure
in the
wellbore
is kept lower than that of the
formation
being drilled, thus allowing fluid to enter the well as soon as it is found.
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overbalanced