oil well
nounDefinition of oil well
: a well from which petroleum is obtained
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The bottom line is this: these rules if fully implemented will make Texas’ output, with 311,000 oil wells, puny by comparison to the BLM’s dream of Petro-California. — Marcela Davison Aviles, The Mercury News, "Opinion: Oil drilling in the Bay Area? Trump administration can’t be serious," 5 Sep. 2019 On this date in 1859, Edwin L. Drake drilled the first successful oil well in the United States, at Titusville, Pa. — oregonlive.com, "Massive fire in NE Portland: Morning Briefing for Tuesday, Aug. 27," 27 Aug. 2019 Neon parsley oil wells up from the bottom to bead the surface, while the melting cream sends forth emissaries of acid and fat, making the broth simultaneously brighter and richer. — Fortune, "Restaurant Review: Iceland’s Slippurinn Is an Ephemeral Culinary Destination," 11 Aug. 2019 The Democratic governor made the comments after arriving in the Kern County town of McKittrick on a 100-plus-degree afternoon, just a few miles from the Chevron oil well field where roughly a million gallons spilled into a dry creek bed. — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, "Touring oil spill site, Newsom calls for greater oversight of California petroleum industry," 24 July 2019 The advocacy organizations Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance found of the 2,365 oil well permits issued this year, 45% benefited oil companies in which division officials owned stock. — Washington Post, "California governor criticizes increase in fracking permits," 12 July 2019 Conventionals Houston oil company Hilcorp Energy Co. has become the state’s top conventional oil well driller. — Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, "Drilling Down: Top 10 drillers so far this year," 8 July 2019 Though some investors put global warming as their highest priority, most still relish the juicy 10%-plus returns that Shell generates on capital employed in big, risky projects such as oil wells and refineries. — The Economist, "Shell’s boss delivers some hard truths on oil and climate change," 4 July 2019 Gushing oil wells that helped make a nation with the world’s largest oil reserves flush with cash have given way to broken-down oil platforms that sit idle as nearby shores are black with oozing crude. — NBC News, "Venezuela's dead are not spared as theft increases in cemeteries," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oil well.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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