oil patch

noun

1

: oil field

2

: the petroleum industry

Examples of oil patch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The field, a desolate oil patch, will eventually be the central location for what became known as the Texas Killing Fields. —John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026

At the end of last year’s session in Sacramento, Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 237, which included provisions easing permitting requirements in and around Kern County, the heart of California’s oil patch, in an effort to boost in-state oil production. —Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026

Resistance to new production But the US oil patch won’t be rushing to increase production, no matter who the president is or how high oil futures spike, said Dane Gregoris, managing director at energy-data platform Enverus. —Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026

More in the oil patch: Wells Fargo double upgraded Occidental Petroleum to buy from sell. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for oil patch

• attach
• bycatch
• despatch
• detach
• dispatch
• mismatch
• nuthatch
• potlatch
• toothache
• bache
• batch
• brach