oil field
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of oil field
First recorded in 1890–95
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Separately, Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said on X that the country intercepted a drone that attempted to target Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The 27,000 residents that remain in Mene Grande contend with chronic blackouts and crumbling infrastructure, with some of the wells better fit for a museum than a working oil field.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Musk said that while Venezuela’s highly polluting oil has proved expensive to produce and no longer needed by the world economy, Tesla still has five years to run on its oil field security contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
A public consultation on the future of Jackdaw and another new oil field, Rosebank, closed in August and the decision now rests with Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The commonness of his name was a consolation, too; there were three Henry Smiths in any given oil field of reasonable size.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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