wellhead

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Recent Examples of wellhead Gauges at wellheads tell the local stories, just like the carbon dioxide detector atop Hawaii’s Mauna Loa has told the global story since 1958. Allen Best, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2025 Those losses range from geoscientists and petroleum engineers to blue-collar roustabouts and wellhead pumpers. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2025 This past August, the EU organization passed the EU Methane Regulation which has stronger restrictions to report methane emissions from leaks in wellheads, storage tanks, pipelines, liquefaction of LNG, and transport of LNG from export terminals to import terminals in Europe. Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 Due to the high cost of shipping oil to market from North Dakota, crude prices at the wellhead hovered just above $30/bbl at a time when West Texas Intermediate was selling above $55 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2015 See All Example Sentences for wellhead
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wellhead
Noun
  • Pittsburghers usually don't see the fountain on until May, but leaders say this has everything to do with preparing Pittsburgh for the world stage and the NFL draft.
    Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Add instant eye appeal to your hardscape design with a small pond that includes a fountain.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Once Idaho moves through spring and into summer, pests will become more intense.
    Hali Smith April 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Buchanon mainly played guard at FIU, but can also play center, where’s taken most of his reps with TCU this spring.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the eighteen-nineties, oil drillers tapped into pools beneath the sand; new wells crept all the way to the surf’s edge, and eventually into the water.
    Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In addition to worries about exacerbating water problems, there is increasing concerns about drinking water from wells and whether pesticides used at the driving range might contaminate them, Harper said.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The court reasoned that the clause was in very small font, wasn’t in bold or all caps and the ticket only summarized the arbitration clause rather than offer its specifics.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Another target was Dario Amodei, a biophysicist and a font of frenetic energy who has a tendency to nervously twist his black hair, and responds to one-line e-mails with multi-paragraph essays.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

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“Wellhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wellhead. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.

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