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How to pronounce oilfield in English?

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Examples of oilfield

oilfield
In those days, oilfield workers packed Zapata's restaurants and hotels, he said.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Prior to this dramatic trip, I was with field crews in the Prudhoe Bay oilfield.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
The Toot oilfield was discovered in the early 1960s the Islamabad in the Punjab.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Shell was the operator and the oilfield-services firm Seawell was the contractor.
From the independent.co.uk
For now, Morales'team is limited to working with the oilfield service contractors.
From the businessweek.com
He said the missing men were employees of oilfield contractor Grand Isle Shipyard.
From the freep.com
The oligarch's 19-year-old son has bought a stake in a Siberian oilfield for $46m.
From the guardian.co.uk
Oilfield services giants Schlumberger and Halliburton already posted earnings.
From the forbes.com
The ones coming in to work in the oilfield, Solla said, are the riskier crowd.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • A region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
  • 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. ...
  • Alternative spelling of oil field
  • Area where petroleum is or was removed from the Earth.
  • Oil field is an accumulation, pool or group of pools of oil in the subsurface. An oilfield is composited of a reservoir in a shape that will trap hydrocarbons and that is sealed by an impermeable or sealing rock at the top.