OIL PRODUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oil production mean? 

• OIL PRODUCTION (noun)
  The noun OIL PRODUCTION has 1 sense:

1. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

  Familiarity information: OIL PRODUCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OIL PRODUCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

boring; drilling; oil production

Hypernyms ("oil production" is a kind of...):

production ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale)

 Context examples 

Palm oil production can be made less environmentally destructive by reducing the use of fertilisers and avoid using herbicides.

(Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit, SciDev.Net)

According to EMBRAPA experts, using these low-cost effluents as a medium to grow microalgae could add value to the sugarcane and palm oil production chain by enabling the production of larger amounts of biomass and oil for energy and bioproducts.

(Brazilian researchers identify microalgae that can provide biofuels, Agência Brasil)