oil strike
Finding underground crude
An oil strike is the successful discovery of petroleum deposits during drilling operations.
The term captures the moment when drilling yields oil, representing both the physical breakthrough and the prospect of wealth: The company announced an oil strike in the Gulf.
By extension, any sudden windfall may be called an oil strike.
- gusherOil well that erupts
- wildcatUndomesticated small feline species
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- drill bitRotating hole-cutting attachment
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
liquid gold · boom · boom or bust · derrick · black gold · well · discovery · roughneck · prospector · bonanza · crude · reservoir · geyser · fortune · spout · pipeline · Texas · boomtown
- oil industrypetroleum, crude, drilling, drilling rig, refineries
- VenezuelaCaracas, Simon Bolivar, arepa, Bolivar, cuatro
- strikeswalkout, work stoppage, picket line, picket, picketing