derrick

“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

A moment later, a black geyser exploded through the wooden frame of the derrick.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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

Rows of towering oil derricks were located anywhere you can imagine — in backyards, in parks and near the shoreline of Huntington Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

Workers laid foundations of immense timbers in crisscrossed layers in accord with Root’s grillage principle, then used steam-powered derricks to raise the tall posts of iron and steel that formed each building’s frame.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson