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California’s effort to plug abandoned, chemical-spewing oil wells gets $35-million boost.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
The plot would be Bermuda grass pasture for cattle, but the paddock instead hosts two inactive oil wells and huge tanks that the Ledgerwoods believe held the salt water that fouled their land.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
Gas flares from oil wells light up at all hours with a roaring thunder, their vibrations causing the walls of rickety houses to crack.
—Sheyla Urdaneta Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 22 July 2023
There have been no reports from tankers or oil wells about potential spills.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
oil well
noun
: a well from which petroleum is obtained
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