Glory hole
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Glory hole may refer to:
  • Glory hole, surface depression produced block caving in underground mining
  • Glory hole (petroleum production)
    Glory hole (petroleum production)
    A glory hole in the context of the offshore petroleum industry is an excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice. An economically attractive alternative for exploiting offshore petroleum resources...

    , a type of underwater excavation
  • Glory hole (sexual slang)
  • Glory hole, reheating furnace for glassblowing
  • Glory hole, reservoir-spillway design
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