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deepwater

American  
[deep-waw-ter, -wot-er] / ˈdipˈwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ər /

adjective

  1. having, requiring, or operating in deep water.

    deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.


Etymology

Origin of deepwater

First recorded in 1785–95; deep + water

Example Sentences

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Gene Munster, manager partner at Deepwater Asset Management, said that buildout was likely to continue for a long time.

From BBC

Shell’s existing resource base is skewed toward typically higher-margin LNG and deepwater assets, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal

A little over a year earlier, it said it would spend $700 million to build and operate crude oil and natural gas pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico for BP’s Kaskida deepwater development.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before that, he was based in the Journal’s Houston bureau, where he focused on the oil-and-gas industry in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the shale-drilling boom.

From The Wall Street Journal

A four-time winner of the William Clabby awards, Benoit was also part of a finalist team for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for stories on the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal