wellhead
noun
well·head
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Definition of wellhead
1
: the source of a spring or a stream
2
: principal source : fountainhead
3
: the top of or a structure built over a well
Examples of wellhead in a Sentence
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But the country club's consultant, John Garvey with Partners Environmental in Solon, said that in addition to removing the wellhead on the north side of Doan Brook, plans call for flushing the pipeline, then filling it with sand. — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, "Shaker council delays decision on country club rezoning for 2 new homes, dump remediation," 27 Aug. 2019 But Jim Cole, a long-time oil and gas lobbyist with Colorado Legislative Services LLC, said the state simply took a different approach to the issue of capturing wealth at the wellhead. — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, "Is it too late for Colorado to capture billions of dollars in oil and gas tax revenues in a permanent fund?," 18 Aug. 2019 The wellheads are more than 400 feet (120 meters) underwater and buried under 60 to 100 feet (20 to 30 meters) of mud. — Jeff Amy, The Seattle Times, "Federal lawyers: Gulf oil leak spills much more than thought," 17 Sep. 2018 To break down the oil faster, 700,000 gallons of a chemical dispersant were injected right above the wellhead. — Joanna Klein, New York Times, "This Coral Must Die," 25 June 2018 Deep-sea coral's exposure was especially high because the broken wellhead was at the Gulf's bottom, at a depth of about 5,000 feet. — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, "Oil spills are bad, but dispersants are worse for deep-sea coral," 11 Jan. 2018 Two geothermal wellheads at the plant were covered by lava on May 28. — Fox News, "The Latest: Man goes past checkpoint, crashes into hard lava," 1 June 2018 The riser is a pipeline that extends from the wellhead to the surface oil production platform. — Ryan Maye Handy, Houston Chronicle, "Tech advances during 50 years of OTC," 2 May 2018 The case before the court centered on an invention for protecting oil wellhead equipment during the hydraulic fracturing process. — Brent Kendall, WSJ, "Supreme Court Upholds New Process for Challenging Patents," 24 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wellhead.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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