oil field
noun
: a region rich in petroleum deposits
especially
: one that has been brought into production
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Assad, in effect, handed control of a third of his country, including most of its oil fields, to Kurdish authorities.
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Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2025
The deal includes Crusoe’s technology that captures and converts flared gas from oil fields, and more than 425 modular data centers spread across seven U.S. states and parts of Argentina.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
The current efforts to limit liability in the oil and gas industry are part of a larger pattern of deregulation that has reshaped trucking and oil field work over the past four decades.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
Sheridan shoots Americana with Vaseline on the lenses, a greater feat on Landman, where Texas oil fields are filmed at magic hour and even the hideous burn-off of natural gas is made to look romantic.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
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Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2025
The deal includes Crusoe’s technology that captures and converts flared gas from oil fields, and more than 425 modular data centers spread across seven U.S. states and parts of Argentina.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
The current efforts to limit liability in the oil and gas industry are part of a larger pattern of deregulation that has reshaped trucking and oil field work over the past four decades.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
Sheridan shoots Americana with Vaseline on the lenses, a greater feat on Landman, where Texas oil fields are filmed at magic hour and even the hideous burn-off of natural gas is made to look romantic.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Oil field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20field. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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