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Oil well   Listen
noun
oil well  n.  A well (3) from which petroleum is or has been extracted; a well (3) drilled deeply into an oil-bearing geological formation specifically for the purpose of obtaining petroleum.





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"Oil well" Quotes from Famous Books



... easier than to drop money into a hole in the ground and call it an oil well," he went on. "Even if the proposition is absolutely on the level, the chances are all against the investor. It's a fifty-to-one shot. Tools are lost, the casin' collapses, the cable breaks, money gives out, shootin' is badly done, water filters in, or ...
— Gunsight Pass - How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West • William MacLeod Raine


Words linked to "Oil well" :   gusher, well, spouter, stripper well, wildcat, stripper, wildcat well, oiler


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