directional driller

English

Noun

directional driller (plural directional drillers)

1. An oil rig driller who directs the horizontal drilling process.
   • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 123:

     There was a directional driller who I regularly ran into, a New Zealander by the name of Maurice.