Definition of Bottom kill

1. Noun. (oil industry) a method of closing an oil well, by drilling a relief well to the bottom of the borehole of the blown-out well, and pumping in heavy drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to counteract oil pressure and staunch the flow, then filling in the orifice to the oil reservoir with concrete (cement) sealing the blow-out and the relief wells ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bottom Kill

bottom dollar
bottom edge
bottom edged
bottom edges
bottom edging
bottom feeder
bottom feeders
bottom feeding
bottom fermentation
bottom fermenting yeast
bottom fish
bottom gear
bottom gears
bottom hand
bottom hands
bottom kill (current term)
bottom line
bottom liner
bottom liners
bottom lines
bottom of the harbour
bottom of the inning
bottom of the line
bottom of the ninth
bottom of the table
bottom order
bottom out
bottom quark
bottom quarks
bottom rot

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