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an edible tuber native to South America

a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

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stump spud

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hand shovel

initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum

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produce buds, branches, or germinate

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Aker BP-operated 30/12-2 Nipa exploration well spudded on August 14 with Deepsea Stavanger rig.

Lundin spudded its Goddo exploration well 16/5-8 on July 8 with the Leiv Eiriksson rig targeting pre-drill resources of 112 mmboe in fractured basement on the Utsira High, close to the operator's Edvard Grieg field.

Exploration and appraisal activity; NORWAY

1, 1993, so long as (1) the wellbore was spudded after Dec.

In a second ruling, post-1992 recompletions (completing a well again in the same or different producing zone) of wells originally spudded before Jan.

Sec. 29 nonconventional fuels credit: 1993 highlights

WEST OF SHETLAND Hurricane Energy spudded the 205/26b-14 Lincoln Crestal well on July 12, appraising the Lincoln discovery.

Total spudded its 206/4a-5 Glendronach well on July 16, appraising the 2018 206/4a-4 discovery well.

State of play for drilling effort in UK; WELL SLOT

NORTH SEA Lundin spudded its Goddo exploration well 16/5-8 on July 8 with the Leiv Eiriksson rig.

Six exploration wells reported as active at end of July; NORWAY

Three wells were spudded and one well was completed in July.

Most wells due to spud since 2010; WELL SLOT

Since the last report, six wells have spudded and four have completed.

Sound of success: Oil finds in Greater Edvard Grieg area; NORWAY

At the time of writing, four exploration wells were spudded and one exploration well had completed in May.

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