Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An area in which petroleum may be found.
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Examples
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In late 1978 oil-field workers in Iran went on strike, which caused chaos in Middle East oil production and sent prices up again.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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In late 1978 oil-field workers in Iran went on strike, which caused chaos in Middle East oil production and sent prices up again.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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In late 1978 oil-field workers in Iran went on strike, which caused chaos in Middle East oil production and sent prices up again.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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*** Energy Halliburton's earnings soared to $511 million from $206 million a year earlier, as the oil-field services company reported that increased activity in North American unconventional oil fields more than offset impacts from unrest in North Africa and delays in Iraq.
Business Watch 2011
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Schlumberger and Trican, two oil-field technology firms, have come out with greener fracking fluids.
Americans (Sort of) Fracking Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2010
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Like the Mitsui deal, BP's pact with Weatherford shelters the oil-field service company from claims brought by private businesses and property owners seeking compensatory damages.
BP, Weatherford Reach Settlement Drew FitzGerald 2011
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Reuters Daqing, an oil-field city in Northeast China, helped finance Geely's purchase of Volvo.
Geely Sets Second Volvo China Plant Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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Although Mr. Batista has said the company's first wells will begin flowing in September, the uncertainties raised by the new audit, by U.S.-based oil-field consultants DeGolyer & MacNaughton, fueled growing concerns over OGX's ability to meet the high expectations investors had originally placed in the company.
Brazil's OGX Hit By Reserve Estimate Paulo Prada 2011
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China's Ministry of Environmental Protection said it approved Volvo's proposal to build an assembly plant in Daqing, an oil-field city far from Volvo's other China operations.
Geely Sets Second Volvo China Plant Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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Ms. Sussman and her team shot the film mostly in Central Asia, using local fixers to gain access to settings like a chemical factory in Aktau, an oil-field town on the banks of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan.
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