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The definition below is one definition given by the service company, Schlumberger:
"A conceptual model for a style of hydrocarbon accumulation used by explorationists to develop prospects in a basin, region or trend and used by development personnel to continue exploiting a given trend. A play (or a group of interrelated plays) generally occurs in a single petroleum system."
Wikipedia has a somewhat different answer:
In geology, a petroleum play, or simply a play, is a group of oil fields or prospects in the same region that are controlled by the same set of geological circumstances.
From both definitions, it is clear that the play is a logical grouping of hydrocarbon accumulations based on geological considerations.
See links. You may find considerable more discussion by conducting an internet search. Also, the definition is dependent on the context in which it is used.
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Texas
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no the play in a outdoor regular field it is called Comerica Park but there are Field with turf (tropicana Field, Target Field, Rogers Dome.) hope that helped
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The Atlanta Braves play baseball in Field?
Turner Field is the Atlanta Braves' home field.
What is the greenbay packers stadium called?
Lambeau Field is the name of the stadium of the Green Bay Packers.
What staduim do the vikings play?
Mall of America Field also called the Metrodome
Which oil field is asab from onshore or offshore?
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When was Blane oil field created?
Blane oil field was created in 1989.
When was Statfjord oil field created?
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