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Oil Wells and Fields

Oil wells extract crude oil from beneath the earth's surface for use in our cars, planes and consumer products. An oil field is a large area containing multiple oil wells. Ask questions about oil well technology here.

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What does an oil field worker do at a job?

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Oil workers have many jobs. it just depends on what position your in

What is the average cost to drill a well?

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$100.00 per foot

That estimate seems extremely high, but I'm sure that the actual costs will depend greatly on the local market situation and geology. Here in northern Maine, my well was around $9000.00 complete. This is a 275 ft. deep well drilled primarily in rock with bedrock being struck at approximately 35ft depth. It is a 6" diameter well that tests to approximately 20GPM. Included in this price was the complete drilling and installation, deep well pump, 75ft of run to the house, electrical hookup, pressure tank, and initial and follow up comprehensive water testing.

I am not a mathematician, but $9000 divided by the depth, 275 ft, equals approx $33 per foot, not $100. That includes the cost of the pump, pressure tank, piping to house, wiring to and from house, all labor, and well test/water test. So the per foot cost of drilling is probably closer to $20.

What is the temperature inside Tropicana Field?

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Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, FL) broke ground on November 22, 1986 and was officially opened on March 3, 1990. It is the only stadium in history to host full seasons of pro baseball, football, hockey and arena football. And is the only current MLB domed stadium that's not retractable.

In oil fields what does risked unrisked reserves mean?

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Unrisked reserves are those which have already been developed by drilling and production and thus have a very reasonable certainty of being produced. Risked reserves are either probable or possible reserves depending upon the amount of uncertainty involved and basically represent poorly developed or undeveloped oil & gas fields.

How much oil does an oil well produce daily?

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For the US, the average is somewhere between 15 barrels a day and 30 barrels a day, but some are producing much more.

What is the name for the tool that they used for oil?

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One is called an oil drill.

How did Edwin l. drake help to acquire larger quantities of oil?

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He successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania, that removing oil from beneath the earth's surface became practical.

How did Edwin L. Drake help industry to acquire larger quantities of oil?

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He successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania, that removing oil from beneath the earth's surface became practical.