drilling

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The state’s gas supply is also particularly vulnerable because it has lost much of its drilling and refining capacity in recent years, making it more dependent on fuel from other states and countries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

It must have made an impression on a teenage boy parading and drilling in a uniform on the outskirts of West Point.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

The company’s flagship Delfi cloud operating system acts as a collaborative space where remote teams at an energy company leverage machine learning to eliminate workflow bottlenecks and significantly speed up drilling cycles.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The sediment cores came from the Cretaceous Continental Scientific Drilling Project, an international drilling effort launched in 2006 by Prof. Wang.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

It looked like some kind of complex drilling apparatus, or the cockpit of a gyropter, or the cabin of a massive crane.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman