spudding

Noun

 * 1)  The initial drilling of a well; a test drilling.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.