Noun
a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
Source: WordNetAnd Halliburton, another major oilfield services provider, furloughed 3,500 of its Houston employees, ordering workers into a one-week-on, one-week-off schedule. Source: Internet
Baker Hughes is an international industrial service company and one of the world’s largest oilfield services companies. Source: Internet
An Iraqi worker walks in front of an oil refinery in North Rumaila oilfield in Basra in January 2009. Source: Internet
Businesses in subsets of the industry such as fuel shippers, oilfield service companies and Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. offered comments about the regulations being too rigid, unclear or outdated. Source: Internet
About DMC Based in Boulder, Colorado, DMC operates in two sectors: industrial infrastructure and oilfield products and services. Source: Internet
Many farm fields in the Cawelo Water District of California have been irrigated with reused oilfield water mixed with surface water for 25 years. Source: Internet