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oilfield

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noun

  1. an area containing reserves of petroleum, esp one that is already being exploited
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Assets like oilfields were already factored in under the rules - last updated in 2008.

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Redeveloping oilfields in other areas is difficult, with some observers saying what reserves remain are depleted to the point where further extraction would be economically unfeasible.

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The UK government has admitted in court that the country's largest untapped oilfield, Rosebank off Shetland, was approved unlawfully.

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This was not defense theater: In February 1942, just up the coast, a Japanese submarine hovering just offshore shelled a Goleta oilfield.

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"This research provides more evidence of the problem of excessive venting and flaring in the oilfield," said Hillary Hull a co-author of the study and director of research and analytics at the Environmental Defense Fund.

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