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ˈoil field
Also oilfield, oil-field.
[f. oil n.1 + field n.]
An area or a tract of country underlain by oil-bearing strata, the oil usu. being present in amounts that justify commercial exploitation and occupying a number of distinct pools. Also attrib. Cf. oil province s.v. oil n.1 6 e.
1894Dublin Rev. Oct. 434 The principal sources of liquid fuel are the American and Russian oil-fields. 1912Tower & Roberts Petroleum i. 11 In most cases there is a comparatively large area which can be called an ‘oil field’... Within the main field there are usually several distinct areas, or ‘pools’, from which the chief production comes. 1926E. R. Lilley Oil Industry iii. 21 The expression ‘oil field’ may be used to indicate an individual area of small extent such as the Salt Creek field of Wyoming.., or a group of such areas as the Lima-Indiana field.., or even an area of as wide extent as the Mid-Continent field which includes parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. 1930C. T. Brunner Probl. of Oil i. 11 The bulk of the American output still comes from the mid-Continental and Californian oilfields. 1964Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 136 There is a decline of sulphate with depth in the interstitial water of cores, due to the activity of sulphate-reducing bacteria and the interstitial water eventually comes to resemble oil field brine. 1973Scotsman 21 Feb. 1/4 Another oilfield has been discovered in the North Sea, just inside the British sector and about 170 miles east⁓north-east of Aberdeen. 1975Offshore Engineer Oct. 61 (Advt.), We will be fully equipped for on the spot repair and maintenance work of all oil field tools. |