oil-patch
Drilling industry zone
Oil-patch refers to the oil industry, especially the people, culture, and communities centered on petroleum extraction.
The term evokes roughnecks, drilling rigs, and boom-and-bust economics: He spent thirty years in the oil patch.
It can describe a geographic region where oil dominates the economy: the Texas oil patch, Alberta's oil patch.
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- roughneckOil platform laborer
- wildcatterSpeculative petroleum explorer
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
derrick · wellhead · fracking · extraction · oilfield · boom · bust · lease
Oil platform laborer
- wildcatterSpeculative petroleum explorer
- boomtownRapidly growing community
- honkytonkRowdy country music bar
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
pickup · hardhat · workcamp · blue-collar · overtime · transient · gritty · cowboy
Second-largest American state
- AlbertaWestern Canadian province
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
- North DakotaNorthern Plains state
- HoustonTexas's largest city
Calgary · boomtown · prairie · dusty · flatland · landscape · West Texas · panhandle
Loud deep sound
- bustFailure or sculpture
- layoffTermination without cause
- downturnEconomic decline period
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
employment · wages · housing · inflation · prosperity · recession · investment · speculation
petroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- roughneckOil platform laborer
- wildcatterSpeculative petroleum explorer
rig · derrick · wellhead · fracking · extraction · oilfield · boom · bust · lease · barrel
roughneck
Oil platform laborer
- wildcatterSpeculative petroleum explorer
- boomtownRapidly growing community
- honkytonkRowdy country music bar
trailer · pickup · hardhat · workcamp · blue-collar · overtime · transient · gritty · cowboy · bootstrap
Texas
Second-largest American state
- AlbertaWestern Canadian province
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
- North DakotaNorthern Plains state
Houston · Calgary · boomtown · prairie · dusty · flatland · landscape · West Texas · panhandle · badlands
boom
Loud deep sound
recovery · employment · wages · housing · inflation · prosperity · recession · investment · speculation · commodity
oil-patchtech hub
Region dense with startups
Silicon Valley · financial district · farm belt · breadbasket · rust belt
oil, patch, oils, oiled, oiling, oily, oilier, oiliest, oiliness