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slant drilling

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slant drilling [′slant ‚dril·iŋ]
(engineering)
The drilling of a borehole or well at an angle to the vertical.


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But the new surface drilling, power lines and roads would be limited to 4,000 acres, and the remaining 48,000 would be open only for underground directional or slant drilling.
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The RAND study points out that alternative technologies, such as slant drilling, can increase access to resources within the constraints of some land use restrictions.
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