An `oil field` or `oilfield` 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 pr...
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(from the article `Arctic`) ...the ground, there are many examples of large-scale and unsightly disturbance of the surface, whether by road building, opencut mining, vehicle ... Other mud volcanoes, entirely of a nonigneous origin, occur only in oil-field regions that are relatively young and have soft, unconsolidated ... Two overrid...
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An underground accumulation of oil and gas concentrated beneath an impermeable trap, preventing its
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a geographic area under which one or more oil reservoirs lie;
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A geographic area under which an oil reservoir lies.
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An underground accumulation of oil and gas concentrated beneath an impermeable trap, preventing its escape upward.
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