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cable-tool drilling
A method of drilling, now largely replaced by rotary drilling, in which the rock at the bottom of the hole is broken up by a steel bit with a blunt, chisel-shaped cutting edge. The bit is at the bottom of a heavy string of steel tools suspended on a cable that is activated by a walking beam, the bit chipping the rock by regularly repeated blows. The method is adapted to drilling water wells and relatively shallow oil wells.
- Parte del discurso: noun
- Industria/ámbito: Minería
- Categoría: Minería general; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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