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名詞

bottom kill (複数形 bottom kills)

1. (oil industry) A method of closing an oil well, by drilling a relief well to the bottom of the borehole of the blown-out well and pumping in heavy drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to counteract oil pressure and staunch the flow, then filling in the orifice to the oil reservoir with concrete (cement) to seal the blow-out and the relief wells.

関連する語

• static kill
• top kill
• well kill

参考

• blowout preventer
• blowout
• junk shot