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Industrial sites > Oil fields

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Oil fields  

Definition

  • Areas of land or seabed under which are found oil-bearing strata, particularly when the oil is found in pools and in amounts large enough to support commercial exploitation. [AAT]

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Fields, oil
  • Oil lands
  • Oil pools
  • Petroleum fields

Notation

  • 122743

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-C70CQQXG-M

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