Definition of Oil well

1. Noun. A well that yields or has yielded oil.

Exact synonyms: Oiler
Specialized synonyms: Gusher, Spouter, Stripper, Stripper Well, Wildcat, Wildcat Well
Generic synonyms: Well
Derivative terms: Oil

Definition of Oil well

1. Noun. A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Well

oil sand
oil sands
oil shale
oil slick
oil spot
oil stain
oil stove
oil stoves
oil sugar
oil tanker
oil trash
oil tumour
oil tycoon
oil up
oil vaccine
oil well (current term)
oil wells
oilbird
oilbirds
oilcake
oilcamp
oilcamps
oilcan
oilcans
oilcloth
oilcloths
oilcup
oilcups
oiled
oiler

Literary usage of Oil well

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"Exposure to Oil-well Fire Smoke In contrast to other risk factors, ... Many US service members who remained in the Gulf after the oil well fires started ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"An oil well drilled on a leasehold estate is a "structure" on land, within the meaning of sections 2 and 3, c. 75, Code 1900, and a laborer who performs ..."

3. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1897)
"A Complete Oil-Well Retard in the McDonald Field between the Pittsburg Coal and the Fifth Oil Sand. By IC WHITE. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... the probability that there was laud elevation in that direction during Devonian time. A Complete oil well Record in tlie McDonald Field between the ..."

5. The Law Relating to Oil and Gas: Including Oil and Gas Leases and Contracts by William Wheeler Thornton (1904)
"Gas or oil well near house or building. The operation of a gas or oil well in close proximity to a dwelling house or store may amount to ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"Modified Oil-well Depletion Curves BY ARTHUR KNAPP, ME, ... (New York Meeting, February, 1921) OIL-WELL depletion curves, to be of value, should show when a ..."

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