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- noun Plural form of
wellhead .
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Examples
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It designs and services technologically sophisticated products such as wellheads and fluid control equipment used by oil and gas companies.
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To meet its goal of more than doubling production in the next five years, Iraq will need technical services provided by Houston firms, as well as equipment such as wellheads, blowout preventers, pipelines, pumps, and drill bits.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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It designs and services technologically sophisticated products such as wellheads and fluid control equipment used by oil and gas companies.
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Many of these wellheads are old, made of steel and rusting: they too pose a long-term ecological threat.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Many of these wellheads are old, made of steel and rusting: they too pose a long-term ecological threat.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Among those without lights, some have wellheads that could leak oil or subsurface brine in a collision, Lopez and Baker said in their study.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010
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Among those without lights, some have wellheads that could leak oil or subsurface brine in a collision, Lopez and Baker said in their study.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010
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Spring 2001: Alaska regulators discover that safety valves atop of some Prudhoe oil wells, which shut down production if pressure drops because of a leak, have high failure rates, prompting regulators to step up inspections and call on BP to do a better job of inspecting wellheads.
AlaskaDispatch.com: BP Has a Long History of Problems at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay AlaskaDispatch.com 2011
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Among those without lights, some have wellheads that could leak oil or subsurface brine in a collision, Lopez and Baker said in their study.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010
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Among those without lights, some have wellheads that could leak oil or subsurface brine in a collision, Lopez and Baker said in their study.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010
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