derrick
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“Oil Creek between Titusville and Oil City,” taken in 1860, possibly by John Mather, shows one derrick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
A giant wooden oil derrick serves as a central landmark in Taft, which finances its schools, fire department and police force with oil revenues.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
First cranes, then the drilling derrick and finally the accommodation modules fell into the sea.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
For Anderson’s 2007 mad epic, he walked ranches around Marfa, Texas, before deciding on the knoll where the 90-foot oil derrick would go.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
At the end of the wharf, under the derrick used for unloading the largest ships, he stripped off his clothes and dove into the water.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
“We must and will do it all — from oil derricks on our Coast to solar panels in the Delta,” Reeves said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Offshore wind advocates point out that oil derricks are also threatened by hurricanes, and most of the nation’s wind projects have so far held up to powerful storms.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
In the 1920s, much of the Los Angeles Basin was covered with a forest of wooden oil derricks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
The oil derricks were everywhere in East Texas.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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