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perforating [′pər·fə‚rād·iŋ]

(petroleum engineering)

Special oil-well downhole procedure to make holes in tubing walls and surrounding cement; used to allow formation oil or gas to enter the wellbore tubing, or to allow water to be forced out into the formation to cause fracturing (hydraulic fracturing).

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