oil-bearing
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈɔɪlˌbɛrɪŋ/
- Specialized
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portador de petróleo
- Drilling in oil-bearing rock formations requires advanced technology to ensure extraction efficiency.
- oil-bearing rock
Examples
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If it did, then all other prospects in that play were taken to be oil-bearing as well.
Academic text (1991) -
A prospect is a region on the surface from which oil-bearing strata can be reached.
Academic text (1991) -
You see, the oil-bearing strata in the area, interconnected by a surprisingly delicate structure...
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In this way, if the oil layer is only 100 ft thick, one can still have an oil well that has 500, 1,000, or 5,000 ft of exposure to the oil-bearing rock.
Blog text (20) -
"The Berri oilfield: "A Watery Prince" Berri was discovered in 1964 with oil-bearing reservoirs in the Arab A, B, and C zones beneath the onshore part of the field.
Blog text (22) -
The geologist discovered an oil-bearing layer deep beneath the surface of the earth.
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Many countries depend on oil-bearing regions for their economic growth and energy needs.
How Oily
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oil-bearing combines oil and bearing, where bearing means 'carrying' or 'holding', like a tree that bears fruit. So oil-bearing describes rock or soil that 'contains' or 'carries' oil.