oil field
noun
: a region rich in petroleum deposits
especially
: one that has been brought into production
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In exchange, China has at times received exclusive access to a wide range of resources, from oil fields to lithium mines.
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Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Keith worked in the oil fields before starting his Easy Money Band and playing bars around Oklahoma and Texas.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 30 July 2024
Elk City, population 11,300, has long been a boom-and-bust town along Route 66, its fortunes tied to the oil fields that surround it.
—Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
Around this time, petrodollars were pouring into the Soviet economy, as the oil fields discovered in the 1960s came on line; and oil prices rose after the oil crisis of 1973.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024
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Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Keith worked in the oil fields before starting his Easy Money Band and playing bars around Oklahoma and Texas.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 30 July 2024
Elk City, population 11,300, has long been a boom-and-bust town along Route 66, its fortunes tied to the oil fields that surround it.
—Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
Around this time, petrodollars were pouring into the Soviet economy, as the oil fields discovered in the 1960s came on line; and oil prices rose after the oil crisis of 1973.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024
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“Oil field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20field. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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