oil wells
Underground crude extractors
Oil wells are holes drilled into the earth to extract petroleum or natural gas from underground reservoirs.
The term covers both the drilling operation and the resulting production site with its associated equipment—the iconic pump jacks bobbing on the landscape.
They struck oil on the third well.
Oil wells range from shallow onshore drilling to deep offshore platforms.
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- boreholeDrilled underground passage
- drillbitRotating hole-making implement
- spudPotato, colloquially
roughneck · blowout · casing · wellbore · completion · wildcat · directional drilling · horizontal drilling
Dominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- oligarchMember of small ruling class
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
boomtown · black gold · Rockefeller · Getty · wildcatter · Texas tea · petrodollars · affluence
Petroleum exporters' coalition
- petrodollarRevenue from crude exports
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- futuresContracts for future delivery
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
Brent · refinery · pipeline · exports · supply · demand · boom · gusher
Mechanical petroleum well lifter
- productionMaking or generating something
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- perforationHole punched through something
- tubingHollow cylindrical conduit
downhole · pressure · depletion · recovery rate · injection
Unpolished, raw state
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
- geophysicsPhysics of planetary structure
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
formation · trap · anticline · fault · porosity · permeability · shale · sandstone
rig
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- boreholeDrilled underground passage
- drillbitRotating hole-making implement
spud · roughneck · blowout · casing · wellbore · completion · wildcat · directional drilling · horizontal drilling · core sample
tycoon
Dominant industrial leader
riches · boomtown · black gold · Rockefeller · Getty · wildcatter · Texas tea · petrodollars · affluence · prosperity
OPEC
Petroleum exporters' coalition
- petrodollarRevenue from crude exports
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- futuresContracts for future delivery
barrel · Brent · refinery · pipeline · exports · supply · demand · boom · gusher · field
pumpjack
Mechanical petroleum well lifter
- productionMaking or generating something
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- perforationHole punched through something
tubing · downhole · pressure · depletion · recovery rate · injection
crude
Unpolished, raw state
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
- geophysicsPhysics of planetary structure
exploration · formation · trap · anticline · fault · porosity · permeability · shale · sandstone · limestone
- Gulf WarDesert Storm, Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Gulf War, Saddam Hussein
- oil reservestar sands, strategic reserves
- OklahomaOklahoma, Tulsa, Indian Territory, Lawton, OU
- Northern ColoradoGreeley, Loveland, Windsor, Wellington, Severance
- oilfieldsdrilling rigs, pump jacks, pumpjacks, fracking, hydraulic fracturing
- Permian BasinOdessa, pump jacks, pumpjacks, drilling rigs, West Texas
oil wellssolar farms
Large-scale photovoltaic installations
wind turbines · wind farms · solar panels · hydroelectric dams · geothermal plants
oil wellsgas stations
Vehicle refueling facilities
fuel pumps · refineries · gas tanks · combustion engines · power plants
oil wellsnature preserves
Protected ecological areas
wildlife sanctuaries · conservation areas · national parks · carbon sinks · pristine wilderness
well, oil, oily, unwell, oiled, wellness, oiling, petroleum, vegetable oil