oil field
noun
: a region rich in petroleum deposits
especially
: one that has been brought into production
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President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid hitting nuclear research sites and oil fields.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Flashback: Israel openly attacked Iran for the first time ever last week, targeting Iranian military infrastructure and air defense systems — though not nuclear sites or oil fields — in multiple waves of airstrikes.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Texas officials have argued that up to 40,000 metric tons of nuclear waste could be stored above-ground in Texas' Permian Basin, which is a major oil field and the only source of water for communities nearby, if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision is allowed to stand.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
The pink granite building sits atop one of the country’s largest reservoirs of petroleum; until the mid-eighties, its grassy grounds were home to both a governmental complex and a working oil field.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Flashback: Israel openly attacked Iran for the first time ever last week, targeting Iranian military infrastructure and air defense systems — though not nuclear sites or oil fields — in multiple waves of airstrikes.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Texas officials have argued that up to 40,000 metric tons of nuclear waste could be stored above-ground in Texas' Permian Basin, which is a major oil field and the only source of water for communities nearby, if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision is allowed to stand.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
The pink granite building sits atop one of the country’s largest reservoirs of petroleum; until the mid-eighties, its grassy grounds were home to both a governmental complex and a working oil field.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Oil field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20field. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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