Synonyms for drilling
ˈdrɪl ɪŋdrilling

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1. drilling, boringnoun

   the act of drilling

   Synonyms:
   boring, oil production

2. boring, drilling, oil productionnoun

   the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

   Synonyms:
   oil production, boring

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1. List of paraphrases for "drilling":

   drill, borehole, digging, perforation, drill-through, forage, rig, piercing, pierce, excavation, dig, extraction, boring, forages, prospecting, wellbore

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1. Al Horvath:

   We haven't gotten to the point of really drilling down and figuring out what that split would be.

2. Mike McGuire:

   In the wake of last month’s devastating oil spill, we cannot afford to wait any longer to permanently ban new oil drilling off our coast.

3. Chief Executive Marc Edwards:

   Some of the larger diversified oilfield service providers have declared a bottom in activity and are suggesting that a recovery is imminent, while this may be the case for certain onshore basins, it is not so for deepwater drilling.

4. Diane Hoskins:

   Almost 10 years after the BP Deepwater oil spill, offshore drilling is just as dirty and dangerous, despite pledges otherwise, there is still this unacceptable risk of devastating oil spills, and yet there is this call from the Trump administration to expand drilling to new areas and a call to abandon or weaken safety regulations. We should not be expanding drilling.

5. Walter Odisho:

   I think we are beginning the journey, there are areas... such as drilling where we have a lot of repetitive motion.