oil field

See also: oilfield

English

Alternative forms

• oilfield

Noun

oil field (plural oil fields)

1. An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.
   • 1990, “Too Many Puppies”, performed by Primus:

     Too many puppies are being shot in the dark
     Too many puppies are trained not to bark
     At the sight of blood that must be spilled so that we may maintain our oil fields

Related terms

• gas field

Translations

area under which are reserves of petroleum

• Azerbaijani: neft mədəni
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 油田 (jau⁴ tin⁴)

  Mandarin: 油田 (zh) (yóutián)

• Dutch: olieveld (nl) n
• Estonian: naftaväli
• Finnish: öljykenttä (fi)
• German: Ölfeld (de) n
• Japanese: 油田 (ja) (ゆでん, yuden)
• Macedonian: нафтено поле n (nafteno pole)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oljefelt n

  Nynorsk: oljefelt n

• Persian: مخزن نفتی (maxzan-e nafti)
• Portuguese: campo de petróleo m, campo petrolífero m
• Russian: нефтепро́мысел (ru) (nefteprómysel)
• Swedish: oljefält (sv) n
• Ukrainian: на́фтове родо́вище n (náftove rodóvyšče)