oil field
noun
: a region rich in petroleum deposits
especially
: one that has been brought into production
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Analysts see stability coming for oil field services stocks.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Those include ways to support the opposition in setting up a transitional government and how to ensure Venezuela’s oil fields and infrastructure are kept safe.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
The Filanovsky oil platform, owned by Lukoil, claims to be the largest oil field in the Russian sector of the Caspian.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
The 1923 discovery of the Smackover Field just to the north of the booming oil fields around El Dorado added to the oil frenzy across southern Arkansas.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2025
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Those include ways to support the opposition in setting up a transitional government and how to ensure Venezuela’s oil fields and infrastructure are kept safe.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
The Filanovsky oil platform, owned by Lukoil, claims to be the largest oil field in the Russian sector of the Caspian.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
The 1923 discovery of the Smackover Field just to the north of the booming oil fields around El Dorado added to the oil frenzy across southern Arkansas.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Oil field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20field. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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