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 (182 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • oil field is made of petroleum[2].
  • oil field is a type of mining region[3].
  • oil field is a type of petroleum reservoir[4].
  • oil field is a type of hydrocarbon deposit[5].
  • oil field is part of petroleum industry[6].
  • oil field's Commons category is recorded as Oil fields[7].
  • oil field's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oil fields[8].
  • oil field's partially coincident with is recorded as oil and gas field[9].
  • oil field's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox oil field[10].
  • oil field's different from is recorded as Q16708740[11].
  • oil field's properties for this type is recorded as P17[12].
  • oil field's properties for this type is recorded as P625[13].
  • oil field's properties for this type is recorded as P137[14].
  • oil field's properties for this type is recorded as P131[15].
  • oil field's has list is recorded as list of oil fields[16].
  • oil field's has part is recorded as oil well[17].
  • oil field's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Q140249898[18].

Body

Definition and Type

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

Use and Application

oil field is part of petroleum industry[6].

Why It Matters

oil field ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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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Edit History

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. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → mining region, petroleum reservoir, hydrocarbon deposit
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q15104915]]"
  2. 12w ago · AnnaMehta · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → 03b54170-5885-4687-81e3-5e5a82651a44
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: 03b54170-5885-4687-81e3-5e5a82651a44, Adding BBC Things ID"
  3. 16w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  4. 20w 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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