derrick

“Oil Creek between Titusville and Oil City,” taken in 1860, possibly by John Mather, shows one derrick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

A giant wooden oil derrick serves as a central landmark in Taft, which finances its schools, fire department and police force with oil revenues.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

First cranes, then the drilling derrick and finally the accommodation modules fell into the sea.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

For Anderson’s 2007 mad epic, he walked ranches around Marfa, Texas, before deciding on the knoll where the 90-foot oil derrick would go.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

Pantalaimon became a monkey and clambered up the derrick at once, but she called him down again; Farder Coram wanted them indoors, or below, as you called it on board ship.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

A picture taken by him 10 years later in Titusville shows a field littered with derricks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

“We must and will do it all — from oil derricks on our Coast to solar panels in the Delta,” Reeves said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

The announcement comes as environmental activists focus increasing attention on the health and financial risks of idle oil wells in Southern California, a region once dominated by oil derricks and pumpjacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2023

Offshore wind advocates point out that oil derricks are also threatened by hurricanes, and most of the nation’s wind projects have so far held up to powerful storms.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

The oil derricks were everywhere in East Texas.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez