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oil well
noun
- a well that yields or has yielded oil.
oil well
noun
- a boring into the earth or sea bed for the extraction of petroleum
Word History and Origins
Origin of oil well1
Example Sentences
The bipartisan infrastructure package being negotiated in the Senate promises to fund some important climate programs, with sizable expenditures for cleaning up abandoned oil wells, replacing lead pipes and repairing roads and bridges.
A map of California real estate listings will advertise schools and walk scores but omit the proximity to active or decommissioned oil wells in an effort to conceal the health risks of buying in that area.
Plus NOAA can toggle on a map over the satellite image showing known oil wells and natural seeps.
Tucked out of sight, oil wells run thousands of feet deep, tapping thick crude from one of California’s many urban oil fields.
Many oil wells sit in low-income, nonwhite neighborhoods with less political clout, elected officials and experts note.
When the tube heats up, it creates steam that can be injected into the oil well.
From the station she could see half a dozen one-story shacks and, beyond, the outline of oil well derricks.
In these systems, the oil well is generally located in a "secondary" bottom of the crank case.
From his description, we thought his oil well was an honest-to-goodness well, and we sold a lot of stock for him.
The surreptitious pictures of the oil well were also recovered and destroyed.
And this camera was pointed directly at the oil well and at the Comet players.
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