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- noun Plural form of
oilfield .
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Examples
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The road leading north from Fairbanks to north slope oilfields is DIRT and is mostly closed to public access!
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Such has certainly been the case with certain oilfields and analogous mineral areas.
Canada's Century If 1952
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The Alaskan oilfields would have taken away the major American advantage, the pacific ocean .. making the home islands more defensible and accelerating an American war effort without the benefit of being almost impervious to attack ..
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The U.S. Gulf of Mexico is crucial to BP, which has 20 oilfields there.
BP Seeks to Resume Drilling in Gulf of Mexico Guy Chazan 2011
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The only other “big” source of oil – giant oilfields – for the Japanese was through Iran/Persia, then controlled by the British (British Petroleum) and oil from Baku, controlled by the Russians.
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Persian oilfields were, at this time, poorly developed and the giant oilfields had not yet been brought onstream.
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He said the bulk of production was coming from oilfields in areas that remain under the regime's control in the center and south of the country and admitted that the Libyan National Oil Co. has lost most communication with its subsidiaries and joint ventures in the rebel-controlled east.
Official Sees Danger in Leaderless Nation Sam Dagher 2011
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Although many oil producers that operated in Libya said they had no set timetable for a return, Weatherford International Ltd. Chief Executive Bernard Duroc-Danner said the country's oilfields remain "quite functional" and companies should have little trouble restarting production once key political hurdles are overcome.
European Oil Falls on Libya Tumult; U.S Prices Rise Dan Strumpf 2011
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Mr. Sechin, Rosneft's chairman, was open to bringing in foreign partners to provide the technology and experience to develop Russia's next generation of oilfields.
Kremlin Connection Fails to Save BP From Oligarchs Guy Chazan 2011
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ONGC, India's largest oil explorer by output, is seeing oil production stagnate at its aging oilfields in the country as reserves deplete.
ONGC May Not Get Exxon Angola Stake Eric Yep 2011
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