oilfield
noun/ˈɔɪlfiːld/
Frequency rank: #16,602 most common English word
Meaning
An area of land or sea where petroleum is found in large quantities and extracted.
Example sentence
Thousands of workers were employed at the vast oilfield in the desert.
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