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词汇 oil-well
释义 oil well
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈɔɪl ˌwel/ us /ˈɔɪl ˌwel/
a hole that is made in the ground so that oil can be taken out of it油井
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oil well | Business English


oil well
noun[ C ]
ukus
NATURAL RESOURCES, PRODUCTION
a hole that is made in the ground so that oil can be taken out of it:
Drilling a 15,800-foot-deep oil well costs $7.5 million on average.

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We hear the truck, a struggle, a screaming man falling into an abandoned oilwell, sludge being dumped into the hole.
They went to this prosperous oilwell, drove away the workmen, burned the works, and shut down the engine.
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I had a paper only yesterday about the effects of oilwell fires.
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One is the diminishing and misused oilwell, of which we should have made better use.
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They set out to exploit the oilwell quickly.
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Several hundred oilwell fires—possibly as many as 700—were started, in most cases long after they could have served any conceivable military purpose.
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Why does the oilwell up when we are in office, and only when we are in office?
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I know of no way in which you can guarantee that sonic oilwell or some pipeline will not be disrupted.
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We can now confidently expect to be self-sufficient in oilwell into the 1990s—far beyond our expectations of a decade ago.
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No specific advice regarding training for fighting oilwell fires has been given.
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It is a very curious fact that a certain depreciation is allowed in connection with an oilwell.
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It is about the easiest thing to sabotage, whether at the oilwell or the pipeline.
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The strong pound is caused principally by our unique combination of a stable society and an oilwell in our back garden.
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Any country with an oilwell is attractive to foreign currency.
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The pound is strong because we are fortunate enough to have an oilwell in our back garden.
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