an area having valuable deposits of petroleum, often, specif., one with a number of active oil wells
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oil field
noun
An area with reserves of recoverable petroleum, especially one with several oil-producing wells.
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An area with reserves of recoverable petroleum, especially one with several oil-producing wells.
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Noun
(plural oil fields)
- An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.
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