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oil derrick [′ȯil ‚der·ik] (petroleum engineering) Tower structure used during oil well drilling to aid in raising and lowering of drill and piping strings. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The new design eliminates a Christian cross, which was the focus of the ACLU's complaint, as well as oil derricks and the image of the Roman goddess Pomona. a single 155-foot oil derrick and up to 60 oil and natural gas wells. Among the more typical sights and sounds--a high school football game, a used-car lot--he found some equally generic yet for him more evocative scenes: concrete abutments, an oil derrick on pontoons, a cluster of pipes spouting water, a sandbox. |
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