gas field

noun

Origin of gas field

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission it attributed most of the huge loss to write-downs of the value of gas fields under ExxonMobil’s control.
Oil companies’ losses in 2020 were staggering. And that was before the government focused on climate change. | Will Englund | February 4, 2021 | Washington Post
In December, Rosneft announced its discovery of “a large new gas field in the Arctic Kara Sea” with estimated gas reserves of 800 billion cubic meters.
India’s Dirty Arctic Energy Hunt | Charu Kasturi | January 11, 2021 | Ozy
Turkey, Greece and Cyprus are issuing threats and counterthreats as they scramble to gain a first-mover advantage over gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, with Washington and Moscow trying to ward off each other’s influence in that region.
Is War Next for 2020? | Charu Kasturi | September 21, 2020 | Ozy
The first was the attack on a gas field in Algeria by an Islamist group, and subsequent kidnapping of dozens of foreign nationals.
No Quick Fix For Mali: French Troops Can’t End Crisis | William Lloyd George | January 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In 1890 I became interested in the natural gas field at Greentown, Ind.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | Various

The largest unoccupied field to-day is the fuel gas field, and who should step in and supply this demand?
Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. | Various
Next to the fuel gas field I think I can see another field nearly as extensive, and that is the coal oil field.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. | Various
The strongest wells are often kept burning for months in order to advertise a new gas field.
Checking the Waste | Mary Huston Gregory

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