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oil field

American  

noun

  1. an area in which there are large deposits of oil.


oil field Scientific  
  1. An area with reserves of recoverable petroleum, especially one with several oil-producing wells.


Etymology

Origin of oil field

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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All eyes turned to the Permian, a humongous oil field that spans West Texas and New Mexico and pumps roughly half of the country’s crude.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prolonged disruptions at Kazakhstan’s main export terminal and a power outage at its largest oil field further tightened light crude markets early in the year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The plan is to pump thousands of tonnes of climate-warming CO2 into the old oil field.

From BBC

Analysts and energy executives have estimated that rehabilitating Venezuela’s oil field could require $10 billion a year for many years, The Wall Street Journal reported, and much of that money would be spent with oilfield-service companies for equipment and technical knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal

Supply disruptions at Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oil field, along with limited export shipments through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, also helped to support physical oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal