Definition of oil well
: a well from which petroleum is obtained
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Fallen behind Tabasco’s oil country is a short drive from the capital of Villahermosa and is spread across green wetlands pockmarked with Pemex oil wells that sit alongside ramshackle villages.
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The hill is still dotted by oil wells here and there, but those are now outnumbered by luxury homes built to take advantage of the views.
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The simple contraption allowed a single steam engine ─ connected to multiple pumpjacks via a network of moving wooden rods ─ to operate dozens of oil wells simultaneously.
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Steel typically contributes up to 10% to 20% of the cost of drilling and completing an oil well, according to the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.
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The death toll from a fire at an unregulated oil well in Indonesia's Aceh province has risen to 21 following the deaths of three more victims.
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Workers on remote oil wells, surgeons and, now, mechanics are good use-cases for AR glasses.
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Ever since 1923, when a now legendary oil well southeast of Midland called the Santa Rita No.
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There’s been a race to build new sand mines in West Texas’ Permian Basin to satisfy all of the hydraulic fracturing needs for oil wells.
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First Known Use of oil well
1847
OIL WELL Defined for English Language Learners
oil well
Definition of oil well for English Language Learners
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: a hole that has been drilled into the ground through which oil can be removed
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