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Oil production   /ɔɪl prədˈəkʃən/   Listen
Oil production

noun
1.
The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum.  Synonyms: boring, drilling.






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"Oil production" Quotes from Famous Books



... If he looked on the map of this fair world, with its mountains like caterpillars dozing on the page—for so do maps present themselves to my fancy—he would see merely the blueprint and huge specification of oil production and consumption. The dotted cities would suggest no more than agencies in its distribution, and they would be pegged in many colors—as is the custom of our business efficiency—by way of base symbolism of their rank and pretense; the wide oceans themselves would be merely courses for ...
— Journeys to Bagdad • Charles S. Brooks



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