oilfield

Example Sentences

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The oilfield service firm added that its 2026 outlook for the business fundamentals “remains unchanged, excluding the ongoing impacts in the Middle East.”

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Attacks on oilfields were reported in southern Iraq and in the northern autonomous Kurdistan region, which forced a US-run oilfield to cease production, while the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have started reducing output.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

The rig sits over an almost-depleted oilfield that's about to get a second life as a massive carbon storage project called Greensand Future.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

A significant ramp in oil production would provide opportunities across Baker Hughes’ oilfield services business as well as in its industrial and energy technology unit, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 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