oil field
noun
: a region rich in petroleum deposits
especially
: one that has been brought into production
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At Washington’s insistence, Rodríguez’s government passed a new hydrocarbon law, which gives private companies greater autonomy to operate oil fields and sell the crude.
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Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
The value of such alternatives is evident in the East-West Pipeline running across Saudi Arabia from its eastern oil fields to the Red Sea.
—ABC News, 17 June 2026
Jefferies initiates Innovex International as buy Jefferies says the oil field services and management company is firing on all cylinders.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 8 June 2026
The West Texas native worked in the Permian Basin oil fields as a roughneck and later joined Texas Monthly as a fact-checker then staff writer.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
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Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
The value of such alternatives is evident in the East-West Pipeline running across Saudi Arabia from its eastern oil fields to the Red Sea.
—ABC News, 17 June 2026
Jefferies initiates Innovex International as buy Jefferies says the oil field services and management company is firing on all cylinders.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 8 June 2026
The West Texas native worked in the Permian Basin oil fields as a roughneck and later joined Texas Monthly as a fact-checker then staff writer.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
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“Oil field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20field. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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