oil field
noun
: a region rich in petroleum deposits
especially
: one that has been brought into production
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Gunvor and peers Vitol and Trafigura have used those profits to acquire assets ranging from refineries and oil fields to power plants and wind farms.
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CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Among its largest foreign holdings is a 75% stake in Iraq’s West Qurna 2 oil field, one of the world’s biggest, which produced more than 480,000 barrels per day earlier this year, according to Interfax.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Christie and Csokas play English prospectors Emma and Tyler Robertson, who come to a quiet village near Lüneburg Heath after oil fields are discovered.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Baker was heading 96 miles from Midland, Texas, to Loving County in the heart of the Permian Basin, the highest-producing oil field in the country.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Among its largest foreign holdings is a 75% stake in Iraq’s West Qurna 2 oil field, one of the world’s biggest, which produced more than 480,000 barrels per day earlier this year, according to Interfax.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Christie and Csokas play English prospectors Emma and Tyler Robertson, who come to a quiet village near Lüneburg Heath after oil fields are discovered.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Baker was heading 96 miles from Midland, Texas, to Loving County in the heart of the Permian Basin, the highest-producing oil field in the country.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Oil field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20field. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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