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  • adjective containing oils; -- of geological formations.

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  • adjective containing oil

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Examples

  • The country's second-largest natural gas producer says it plans to strike similar deals in three more fields, including Ohio's oil-bearing Utica Shale, by the end of 2012.

    Deal Brewing in Energy Patch Gina Chon 2011

  • Oil was first discovered at the northern edge of Alaska in 1968, when the Prudhoe Bay State No. 1 well drilled through a section of oil-bearing sands the depth of a 50-story building.

    Shrinking Oil Supplies Put Alaskan Pipeline at Risk Russell Gold 2011

  • Energy industry executives, fortified by high prices for oil and natural gas, are investing tens of billions of dollars annually to develop oil-bearing sands and shales, and deep gas-bearing shales.

    J. Carl Ganter: Water | Energy = Collision Course: DOE Blocks Disclosure of Road Map to Relieve Critical U.S. Energy-Water Choke Point 2010

  • This is done by injecting steam, gas, water or carbon dioxide into the oil-bearing stratum, forcing crude into pipes and up to the surface.

    Oil Production Gets Tougher Oliver Klaus 2010

  • I presume that the well would have fully penetrated the oil-bearing zone, with the casing set all the way to the bottom of the hole.

    Deepwater Well Construction 101 | RedState 2010

  • The oil-bearing portion of the Middle East is collectively the richest region in the world and a leader has not emerged, he said, but Saudi Arabia is the likeliest.

    Diane Francis: The New Seven Sisters of the World 2010

  • But the company benefited from increased drilling activity in North America as oil and gas producers continued their push to develop gas - and oil-bearing shale-rock formations, called "shales."

    Earnings Watch 2010

  • This is done by injecting steam, gas, water or carbon dioxide into the oil-bearing stratum, forcing crude into pipes and up to the surface.

    Oil Production Gets Tougher Oliver Klaus 2010

  • Places like the Gulf of Mexico and the waters off the coast of Angola and Brazil are among the last big oil-bearing areas accessible to the majors.

    BP to Come Under Senate Scrutiny 2010

  • This is done by injecting steam, gas, water or carbon dioxide into the oil-bearing stratum, forcing crude into pipes and up to the surface.

    Oil Production Gets Tougher Oliver Klaus 2010

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