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depositsnoun(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
fieldsnounA surname.
minefieldsnounAn area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.
occurrencesnounAn actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
reservoirsnounA large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
wellsnounA small cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5445).
oil fieldnounAn area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.
gasfieldnounAlternative form of gas field. [An area of land or seabed where natural gas can be extracted in commercially viable quantities.]
oil rigsA rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.
oil productionnounthe act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
oil wellnounA hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped.
oil rignounA rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.
oilmennoun
refineriesnounA building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
petroleumnounA flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
crude oilnounUnrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
petroleum geologythe study of the origins, occurrence, movement, accumulation, and exploration of hydrocarbon fuels.
fossil fuelsAny fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
refinerynounA building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
offshore rignoundrilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially

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