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oilfield

NOUN
oil well
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“I expect the work to restore production, rebuild inventories and strengthen energy security will drive multiyear demand growth for oilfield services.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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 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

Syrian troops seized control of the Omar facility, the country's largest oilfield, after the SDF pulled back.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 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


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