Igikoresho cyo gucukura ni uburyo buhuriweho bucukura amariba, nk'amariba ya peteroli cyangwa gazi, munsi y'isi.
Imashini zo gucukura zishobora kuba inyubako nini zirimo ibikoresho bikoreshwa mu gucukura amariba ya peteroli, cyangwa amariba yo gucukura gaze karemano. Imashini zo gucukura zishobora gupima amabuye y'agaciro yo munsi y'ubutaka, kugerageza amabuye, ubutaka n'imiterere y'ubutaka bwo munsi y'ubutaka, ndetse zishobora no gukoreshwa mu gushyiraho ibikoresho byo munsi y'ubutaka, nk'ibikoresho byo munsi y'ubutaka, ibikoresho byo mu mazi, imiyoboro cyangwa amariba. Imashini zo gucukura zishobora kuba ibikoresho bigendanwa bishyirwa ku makamyo, inzira cyangwa amato, cyangwa inyubako zihoraho zo ku butaka cyangwa zo mu mazi (nk'ahantu hacukurwa peteroli, hakunze kwitwa 'amariba ya peteroli yo ku nkombe' nubwo nta ribi ririmo).
Imashini nto kugeza ku ntoya zo gucukura ziragenda, nk'izikoreshwa mu gucukura amabuye y'agaciro, mu byobo byo guturitsa, mu mariba y'amazi no mu bushakashatsi ku bidukikije. Imashini nini zishobora gucukura metero ibihumbi z'ubutaka bw'Isi, zikoresha "ipompo nini z'ibyondo" kugira ngo zizunguruke icyondo cyo gucukura (slurry) mu gice cyo gucukura no hejuru y'agace k'amazi, kugira ngo zikonje kandi zikureho "ibice" mu gihe hari iriba ricukurwa.
Abakora ibikoresho byo guterura mu cyuma bashobora guterura toni amagana z'imiyoboro. Ibindi bikoresho bishobora gushyira aside cyangwa umucanga mu bigega kugira ngo byorohereze gucukura peteroli cyangwa gaze karemano; kandi ahantu kure hashobora kubaho icumbi rihoraho no kugaburira abakozi (bashobora kuba barenga ijana).
Ibikoresho byo mu mazi bishobora gukora ibirometero ibihumbi uvuye aho ibicuruzwa bitangirwa, aho abakozi basimburana cyangwa bagakoresha amagare make.
Dushobora gutanga ibikoresho byo gucukura kuva kuri metero 500-9000 z'ubujyakuzimu, byombi bitwarwa na sisitemu yo kuzunguruka ya table na top drive, harimo icyuma gishyirwa ku rubura, icyuma gishyirwa ku nzira, icyuma gikorerwaho imirimo n'icyuma gikoreshwa mu mazi.
