oil field

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oil field (plural oil fields)

An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.

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A low rumbling sound came from underground, and then, with a force that shot 6 tons of 4-inch (100 mm) diameter pipe out over the top of the derrick, knocking off the crown block, the Lucas Gusher roared in and the Spindletop oil field was born. Source: Internet

Bill Brancard, a lawyer for the state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, said the Produced Water Act makes clear which agency regulates wastewater flowing through oil field pipelines and recycling ponds. Source: Internet

Anadarko has been operating in Ghana since 2006 and owes 24 percent of the West African country’s first oil field, Jubilee Field, discovered in 2008. Source: Internet

F-15 and F-16 flying over a burning oil field in Kuwait in 1991. Source: Internet

Exxon is the lead contractor in a project to redevelop the West Qurna I oil field in southern Iraq. Source: Internet

The giant oil field has become the prize of the Bush-Cheney post 9-11 Oil War. Source: Internet

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