Definition of oil well
: a well from which petroleum is obtained
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Up to 16 oil wells are possibly leaking at the site where a company's platform toppled during Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Justice Department attorney John Roberson said during a court proceeding in Washington last Friday.
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Roseau also protects the hundreds of oil wells, pipelines and other infrastructure from waves and storms.
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Companies also are building natural gas and natural gas liquids pipelines from the Permian because West Texas oil wells also produce large volumes of natural gas and associated liquids.
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Fourteen years later, the Iraqi Army would learn that even setting oil wells on fire would not stop the A-10 from detecting targets on the ground.
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An oil well is just an asset, but a football team is a story.
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Since the oil wells slowed down, the biggest economic engines in this no-stoplight town are the county school district, which serves about 300 kids, and a row of makeshift casinos run out of dilapidated houses lining the highway.
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The president of Creedence Energy Services, which provides chemicals for oil wells, Black, 29, drives about two hours to Williston, N.D., at the heart of the oil-rich formation, most days.
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The shallow hole is not much of an oil well by today’s standards.
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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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