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abandon [ə′ban·dən] (engineering) To stop drilling and remove the drill rig from the site of a borehole before the intended depth or target is reached. (petroleum engineering) To terminate oil and gas production from a well when it becomes unprofitable. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Realizing
they had been spotted, the crew doused the vessel with fuel and set it
on fire before abandoning ship. "They're not abandoning ship, they're
reorganizing," said former Glendale mayor Larry Zarian, who's
known the Cimmarusti brothers for 25 years. Navy tactical and international maritime distress frequencies,
torpedo boats slowly circling our torpedoed ship while their personnel
fired machine guns at close range at anyone topside helping wounded
shipmates, torpedo boat crews deliberately machine gunning life rafts we
had dropped in expectation of abandoning ship, and their refusal to
offer immediate aid upon cessation of hostilities. |
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