Noun. 1. curette-a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity. curet. surgical instrument-a medical instrument used in surgery.Translations.urette. n. 1. (Surgery) a surgical instrument for removing dead tissue, growths, etc, from the walls of certain body cavities. vb, -rettes, -rets, -retting or-retted. 2. (Surgery) (tr) to scrape or clean with such an instrument.
Schlumberger, the worldâs biggest oilfield services company, earned a record full-year revenue of $48.6bn in 2014, a 7% increase from its 2013 revenue of $45.3bn.
The true size of the Canadian oil sands deposits became known in the 1970s. The Syncrude mine opened in 1978 and is now the largest mine (by area) in the world, with mines potentially covering 140,000 km2 (54,000 sq mi).