The oil workers are sinking a well.

石油工人正在打油井。

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Within the protection zone for a water project, any act of blasting, sinking a well, quarrying rock, and collecting earth, which endangers the safety of the water project, shall be prohibited.

在水工程保护范围内，禁止进行爆破、打井、采石、取土等危害水工程安全的活动。

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The method can solve the problem of sinking of the cyclone well when sealing bottom (the bearing capacity is not enough when the bearing layer is the soil layer).

该方法能解决漩流井封底时(持力层为软土层等承载力不够时)下沉的问题。

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Venice is both a well-preserved monument and a living, breathing, sinking city, full of contemporary art, traditional crafts and high culture.

BBC: Living in: Venice

As well as black-and-white photographs there are some snippets of film and rare colour transparencies, rescued from the sinking Endurance by Hurley, who plunged into the icy water to grab the plate glass negatives.

ECONOMIST: Antarctic exploration