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The initial drilling of a well; a test drilling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: oil industry
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- 1998, Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, Proceedings [of The] Drilling Conference, page 428, On the first two spuddings a standard rotary bottom hole assembly was used and was unsuccessful because of top hole deviations between 4 and 6 degrees were measured.
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present participle and gerund of spud
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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