"bottom kill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bottom kills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bottom kill (plural bottom kills)
  1. (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) to seal the blow-out and the relief wells. Categories (topical): Oil industry Related terms: static kill, top kill, well kill, blowout preventer, blowout, junk shot
    Sense id: en-bottom_kill-en-noun-qSlCes8z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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