oil well
Underground crude source
An oil well is a hole drilled into the earth to extract petroleum.
The term covers both the drilling shaft and the surface equipment—the derrick, pumps, and piping.
Wells may be drilled on land or offshore.
A gusher is a well where oil pressure forces crude to the surface without pumping.
They struck oil on the third well.
Drilled underground passage
- bitSmall amount or portion
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- mudWet soil mixture
- kellyBright yellowish-green color
spud · rotary · casing · dogleg · wellbore · reaming · directional · horizontal
Sudden tire failure
- black goldSlang for petroleum
- wildcatterSpeculative petroleum explorer
- spoutProjecting pouring tube
- eruptionViolent sudden release
uncontrolled · pressure · boomtown · strike · gush · flowing · discovery · bonanza
Large water storage basin
- formationCreation or arrangement
- hydrocarbonAll-carbon-and-hydrogen compound
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
condensate · fossil fuel · sedimentary · source rock · trap · porosity · permeability · migration
Payment for usage rights
- leaseTemporary use contract
- mineral rightsClaim to underground resources
- landmanMineral rights negotiator
- depletionReduction of supply
wildcatting · speculation · boom · bust · OPEC · nationalization · concession · operator
Mechanical petroleum well lifter
- productionMaking or generating something
- completionAct of finishing
- perforationHole punched through something
- stimulationEvoking a response
borehole
Drilled underground passage
kelly · spud · rotary · casing · dogleg · wellbore · reaming · directional · horizontal · vertical
blowout
Sudden tire failure
- black goldSlang for petroleum
- wildcatterSpeculative petroleum explorer
- spoutProjecting pouring tube
eruption · uncontrolled · pressure · boomtown · strike · gush · flowing · discovery · bonanza · spouter
reservoir
Large water storage basin
- formationCreation or arrangement
- hydrocarbonAll-carbon-and-hydrogen compound
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
natural gas · condensate · fossil fuel · sedimentary · source rock · trap · porosity · permeability · migration · accumulation
royalty
Payment for usage rights
- leaseTemporary use contract
- mineral rightsClaim to underground resources
- landmanMineral rights negotiator
depletion · wildcatting · speculation · boom · bust · OPEC · nationalization · concession · operator · investor
pumpjack
Mechanical petroleum well lifter
- productionMaking or generating something
- completionAct of finishing
- perforationHole punched through something
stimulation · flowing · tubing · casing · choke · separator · injection
platform
Raised flat structure
- semisubmersibleHull partly underwater vessel
- drillshipMaritime drilling vessel
- subseaBeneath marine waters
deepwater · riser · anchor · helipad · floating · mooring · pipeline · North Sea · Gulf of Mexico · continental shelf
- resource sitesmine, quarry, gas field, coal mine, gold mine
- wellswater wells, artesian wells, boreholes, wishing wells, bore holes
- offshore industryoffshore rig, semisubmersible, floating platform, helipad, subsea
- petroleumcrude, oilfields, kerosene, diesel fuel, gasoline
- oil industrycrude, drilling, drilling rig, refineries, refining
- Rural Texaslonghorn, bluebonnet, mesquite, Panhandle, ranch
oil wellsolar farm
Grid-scale photovoltaic installation
wind farm · wind turbine · hydroelectric dam · geothermal plant · solar panel
oil wellcoal mine
Underground fuel extraction site
mine · quarry · gold mine · strip mine · diamond mine
well, oil, oiled, olive oil, wellness, oiling, petroleum, oiler, wellspring