wells

Example Sentences

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“You’ve blown up a lot of things that have to be redrilled. They’ve shut in wells, different things,” he said, referring to fallout from the Iran war.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

"No matter how difficult times are, I believe that humans always manage to find flickers of levity and deep wells of love," she said.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

As the blockade continues, it will bite deeper, until Iran is compelled to halt extraction at outdated wells.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Shutting in wells in a hurry can damage them, or make the restart process too difficult.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The regulations, issued in 2014, were costly to satisfy, and as a consequence oilmen had virtually stopped drilling new wells, given that they produced only marginal returns.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann