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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Oil coated the wellhead, rust crept across the pump jack and a faded sign bore Remnant’s coat of arms — a bird of prey with outstretched wings perched on a shield.
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
The last piece of the puzzle is about 10 Gt that comes via methane reduction from natural gas leaks in wellheads, pipelines, storage tanks, and refinery facilities.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The wellhead wasn't producing but wasn't decommissioned by Shell or its new owners, Aiteo Eastern E & P.
—Taiwo Adebayo, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
Perhaps there were two different ports at the wellhead for exiting natural gas.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Petroleum storage tanks, mud pits, reserve pits and other spaces around an oil wellhead can all come with more exposure to chemicals, flammable vapors or gasses that could cause workers to suffocate.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
Many aquifers are monitored at wellheads, but scientists have long supplemented these data with more approximate satellite measurements to get a rough global picture of depletion.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
Harvard Business Review - Baggage handlers, pest-control specialists, and welders are more likely to suffer workplace injuries than those working traditionally dangerous jobs like boilermakers or wellhead pumpers.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
During the Trump Administration, even federal efforts to slow down leaks, such as by tightening operations at wellheads and pumping stations, were largely abandoned.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
The last piece of the puzzle is about 10 Gt that comes via methane reduction from natural gas leaks in wellheads, pipelines, storage tanks, and refinery facilities.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The wellhead wasn't producing but wasn't decommissioned by Shell or its new owners, Aiteo Eastern E & P.
—Taiwo Adebayo, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
Perhaps there were two different ports at the wellhead for exiting natural gas.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Petroleum storage tanks, mud pits, reserve pits and other spaces around an oil wellhead can all come with more exposure to chemicals, flammable vapors or gasses that could cause workers to suffocate.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
Many aquifers are monitored at wellheads, but scientists have long supplemented these data with more approximate satellite measurements to get a rough global picture of depletion.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
Harvard Business Review - Baggage handlers, pest-control specialists, and welders are more likely to suffer workplace injuries than those working traditionally dangerous jobs like boilermakers or wellhead pumpers.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
During the Trump Administration, even federal efforts to slow down leaks, such as by tightening operations at wellheads and pumping stations, were largely abandoned.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
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wellhead
noun
well·head
ˈwel-ˌhed 
: the top of or a structure built over a well
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