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
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Noun
  • After the fan outcry, the team changed the deal to include free fountain soda refills for the entire 2026 season.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • After the backlash, the team expanded that to free fountain soda refills for the entire 2026 season.
    Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Bake cake until top springs back when gently pressed, 20–25 minutes (cake may start to shrink from sides of pan).
    Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But more what-I-did-on-my-spring-vacation photos came in, with a set from Saturday night, when Graham was spotted waiting to get inside Space Mountain at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom — another line shorter than TSA airport lines, TMZ noted.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This creates permanent skin damage around the well, fundamentally destroying its natural permeability and crippling its long-term productivity.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The rule, set to take effect May 1, will apply to beauty professionals, massage therapists, water well drillers, pump installers and several other professions.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The fonts are free to download.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The errant hyphen in Cézanne’s name, and an identical font across all three covers that looked very similar to an Anthropic typeface, caught my eye.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Wellhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wellhead. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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