workover

Any kind of oil well intervention involving invasive techniques, such as wireline or snubbing.

Noun

  1. Any kind of oil well intervention involving invasive techniques, such as wireline or snubbing.
    • Shell launched a massive "work over" campaign during my second year in Brunei. A work over is basically an existing production well that needs a service. - 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows...

Origin

From work + over.

Forms

workovers