spudding

== English == === Noun === spudding (plural spuddings) (oil industry) The initial drilling of a well; a test drilling. 1998, Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, Proceedings [of The] Drilling Conference, page 428, On the first two spuddings a standard rotary bottom hole assembly was used and was unsuccessful because of[sic] top hole deviations between 4 and 6 degrees were measured. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === spudding present participle and gerund of spud === Anagrams === puddings