drilling sites
Where rigs operate
Drilling sites are locations where machinery bores into the earth to extract resources—typically oil, natural gas, or water.
The term appears frequently in discussions of energy production and environmental policy: The company acquired permits for new drilling sites in the Gulf.
A drilling site includes the wellhead, equipment, and surrounding work area.
- oil wellsDrilling sites for petroleum
- derricksLifting framework towers
- pump jacksMechanical oil well extractors
- gas fieldsUnderground natural fuel reserves
- lease agreementsContracts governing property rental
spill cleanup · rock strata · habitat disruption · wellheads · air pollution · salt domes · royalties · seismic activity · boom towns · zoning laws · soil erosion · carbon emissions · coal seams · directional drilling · mud pits · safety standards · noise pollution · aquifers
- oil industrypetroleum, oil fields, oil well, oil rig, oil production
- ice coresice cores, core samples, core drilling, drilling, air bubbles
- Permian BasinOdessa, oil fields, oil wells, oil rigs, pump jacks
- oil reservescrude oil, oil fields, oil wells, shale oil, tar sands
- research stationsresearch station, research stations, field station, field camp, mobile lab
- energy regionsoil fields, gas fields, North Sea, Middle East, Persian Gulf
drilling sitesrefineries
Facilities that purify raw materials
oil refineries · processing plants · petrochemical plants · gas stations · retail outlets
drilling sitesconservation projects
Efforts to protect ecosystems
drilling sitesnature reserves
Protected ecosystems for conservation
wildlife sanctuaries · protected areas · wilderness areas · conservation land · national parks
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