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oil field

region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (crude oil) from below ground
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oil field

Summary

oil field ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • oil field is made of petroleum[2].
  • oil field is a type of mineral deposit[3].
  • oil field is a type of mining region[4].
  • oil field is a type of petroleum reservoir[5].
  • oil field is a type of hydrocarbon deposit[6].
  • oil field is part of petroleum industry[7].
  • oil field's Commons category is recorded as Oil fields[8].
  • oil field's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oil fields[9].
  • oil field's partially coincident with is recorded as oil and gas field[10].
  • oil field's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox oil field[11].
  • oil field's different from is recorded as Q16708740[12].
  • oil field's properties for this type is recorded as P17[13].
  • oil field's properties for this type is recorded as P625[14].
  • oil field's properties for this type is recorded as P137[15].
  • oil field's properties for this type is recorded as P131[16].
  • oil field's has list is recorded as list of oil fields[17].
  • oil field's has part is recorded as oil well[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include mineral deposit[3], mining region[4], petroleum reservoir[5], and hydrocarbon deposit[6].

Use and Application

oil field is part of petroleum industry[7].

Why It Matters

oil field ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Properties for this type → P17, P625, P137 +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Oil fields
    Has list → list of oil fields
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15863, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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