Oil Well Definition

noun
A well that supplies petroleum either naturally or by means of a pumping system.
Webster's New World
A hole drilled or dug in the earth from which petroleum flows or is pumped.
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Noun

Singular:
oil well
Plural:
oil-wells

Oil Well Sentence Examples

  • Petroleum was discovered on Little Rennick's Creek, near Burkesville, in Cumberland county, in 1829, when a flowing oil well (the " American well," whose product was sold as " American oil " to heal rheumatism, burns, &c.) was struck by men boring for a "salt well," and after a second discovery in the 'sixties at the mouth of Crocus Creek a small but steady amount of oil was got each year.

  • The first oil well in the state was drilled at Limestone in Cattaraugus county in 1865, and the state's output of oil was 1,160,128 barrels, valued at $2,071,533 in 1908.

  • When an oil well was tapped out, a new one was drilled.

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