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- noun oil industry a method of closing an
oil well , by drilling a relief well to the bottom of theborehole of the blown-out well, and pumping in heavy drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to counteractoil pressure and staunch the flow, then filling in the orifice to the oil reservoir withconcrete (cement ) sealing theblow-out and the reliefwells
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