1
: the source of a spring or a stream
2
: principal source : fountainhead
3
: the top of or a structure built over a well
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Companies like the one Gonzalez worked for offered $10,000 per week to contract drivers who brought sand from the new mines spreading across old ranches to the wellheads.
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Mar. 2025
This argument is weakened by the lucrative nature of the Permian industry, where in 1921 the equivalent oil and gas revenue at the wellhead was $24 billion per year—assuredly an underestimate of the situation in 2025.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The small black bars in the other two panels are CO2 emissions from burning off gas (flaring) at wellheads, drilling and fracking motors, or trucks and other transport engines.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The wellhead allows monitoring and control of gas collection.
—Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Mar. 2025
This argument is weakened by the lucrative nature of the Permian industry, where in 1921 the equivalent oil and gas revenue at the wellhead was $24 billion per year—assuredly an underestimate of the situation in 2025.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The small black bars in the other two panels are CO2 emissions from burning off gas (flaring) at wellheads, drilling and fracking motors, or trucks and other transport engines.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The wellhead allows monitoring and control of gas collection.
—Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Wellhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wellhead. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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wellhead
noun
well·head
ˈwel-ˌhed 
: the top of or a structure built over a well
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