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sidetracking [′sīd‚trak·iŋ] (engineering) The deliberate act or process of deflecting and drilling a borehole away from a normal, straight course. (petroleum engineering) Drilling procedure to bypass a broken drill or casing permanently lodged in the hole being drilled for an oil well, usually by using a whipstock. 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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| BILL FORD, for sidetracking the two squabbling Englishmen and putting a car guy, Jim Padilla, in the driver's seat. The Los Angeles city rulers are sidetracking their responsibilities again. NEW YORK -- Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) announced today that it had completed sidetracking its Pony discovery in Green Canyon Block 468 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. |
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