English-French translations for oil well

• forage pétrolier
• puits de pétrole
  C'est devenu évident avec le puits de pétrole dans le golfe du Mexique. That has become evident from the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
  Bien entendu, ils auront la maîtrise des puits de pétrole irakiens mais l'Afghanistan est passé sous silence. They will of course have won control of the Iraqi oil wells, but Afghanistan is ignored.
  On continue d'ouvrir des puits de pétrole et des plateformes de forage encore plus grands et plus puissants. New, ever larger and more powerful oil wells and drilling platforms continue to be opened.

Definition of oil well

• A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped

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