oilfield
Example Sentences
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The Sea Lion oilfield, around 130 miles from the islands, contains an estimated 1.7 billion barrels of oil - described by Rockhopper as a field containing "highly marketable crude".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Sea Lion oilfield, around 130 miles from the islands, contains an estimated 1.7 billion barrels of oil.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
While at Schlumberger, he worked for four years at an oilfield in Oman, where he had to write a daily summary of operations that was read by many colleagues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Attacks targeted Iraq’s Majnoon oilfield and a tanker near Fujairah, U.A.E., leading to the suspension of loading berths.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
A person misplaced, disorganized, miscalculated, overlooked everything and opened every loophole, and just when he thought he had it made, the government gave him a lake or a forest or an oilfield and spoiled everything.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
