oilpatch

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oilpatch

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From oil + patch.

noun oilpatches · oil patch · oil-patch

A patch or puddle of oil. Near-synonyms: oil spot, oil slick
Similar: oil spot, oil slick
informal An oil and gas producing region; (metonymic) the oil and gas industry. Like many men of that era and region, he wandered into the oilpatch and worked as a roustabout for a while.

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noun oil-and-gas industry

Русский	нефтяна́я промы́шленность neftjanája promýšlennostʹ, нефтепро́м neftepróm

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@misc{oilpatch_2026,
  title = {oilpatch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oilpatch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}