Examples of oil well in a Sentence
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Gas flares from oil wells light up at all hours with a roaring thunder, their vibrations causing the walls of rickety houses to crack.
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Sheyla Urdaneta Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 22 July 2023
There have been no reports from tankers or oil wells about potential spills.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
In the 165 years since the first American oil well struck black gold, the industry has punched millions of holes in the earth, seeking profits gushing from the ground.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
California lawmakers have a plan to plug old, vapor-spewing oil wells.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Nemaha County is home to 22 oil wells and in 2022 produced 33,788 barrels of oil, enough to make as much as 675,000 gallons of gasoline.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
At least two earlier versions of the proposal planned to capture CO2 and inject it inside aging oil wells to flush out more petroleum.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
The top satellite image shows a map of dots, which are correctly identified as oil well pads.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
The two had been working in Nigeria since the 1970s, doing small-time deals in the energy and defense sectors, like fixing tanks and siting oil wells.
—Jesse Barron, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Sheyla Urdaneta Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 22 July 2023
There have been no reports from tankers or oil wells about potential spills.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
In the 165 years since the first American oil well struck black gold, the industry has punched millions of holes in the earth, seeking profits gushing from the ground.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
California lawmakers have a plan to plug old, vapor-spewing oil wells.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Nemaha County is home to 22 oil wells and in 2022 produced 33,788 barrels of oil, enough to make as much as 675,000 gallons of gasoline.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
At least two earlier versions of the proposal planned to capture CO2 and inject it inside aging oil wells to flush out more petroleum.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
The top satellite image shows a map of dots, which are correctly identified as oil well pads.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
The two had been working in Nigeria since the 1970s, doing small-time deals in the energy and defense sectors, like fixing tanks and siting oil wells.
—Jesse Barron, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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