oil derricks
Crude extraction structures
Oil derricks are the tall tower-like structures used to support drilling equipment when extracting oil or natural gas from underground.
The framework, typically made of steel, holds the machinery that raises and lowers the drill pipe into the earth.
Once ubiquitous in oil fields from Texas to the Middle East, derricks have become iconic symbols of the petroleum industry.
The skyline was dotted with oil derricks pumping day and night.
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