WORKOVER

Workover

The term workover is used to refer to any kind of oil well intervention involving invasive techniques, such as wireline, coiled tubing or snubbing. More specifically though, it will refer to the expensive process of pulling and replacing a completion.

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work over

Verb

  1. To improve a prototype, or first draft.
    The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have to work them over.
  2. To physically attack in order to cause injury.
    He'll talk, once we work him over.


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