oil well

Example Sentences

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Shutting in an oil well risks long-term damage to reservoir pressure and incurs high restart costs, usually making it a measure of last resort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

In Texas, a sinkhole around a former oil well in McCamey has grown 200 feet wide and 40 feet deep.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

The driller responsible for it, Patton Exploration, solicited companies to extend a pipeline to the oil well to capture the gas and evaluated whether the gas could be used to mine bitcoin.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

In June the UK Supreme Court ruled in a separate case, involving plans to drill an oil well near London's Gatwick Airport, that both types of emissions should be included in an environmental impact assessment.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

While I spoke in supercilious accents, and looked at the room as if I had an oil well in my own backyard, my armpits were being pricked by millions of hot pointed needles.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou