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area where large amounts of petroleum have been found
An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells
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An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (crude oil) from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area. In addition, there may be exploratory wells probing the edges, pipelines to transport the oil elsewhere, and support facilities
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A productive oil or gas formation comprising one or more reservoirs, usually related to the same geological features
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A geographical area under which an oil reservoir lies
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An area with reserves of recoverable petroleum, especially one with several oil-producing wells
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{i} area of land or sea having petroleum deposits (especially one that is actively being drilled for oil)
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a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
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An oilfield is an area of land or sea under which there is oil. an area of land or sea under which there is oil
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