Recent Examples on the WebCompromising on Wicks’ bill led to amendments exempting its provisions from vacant land in very high fire zones and within 3,200 feet of an oil well or refinery. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 The Bureau of Economic Geology in Austin, Texas, stores thousands of oil well logs.Wired, 29 July 2022 The first successful American oil well was drilled in Hutchinson's district in 1859.Fox News, 2 June 2022 And, of course, the geopolitical uncertainty engendered by the conflict in Ukraine has sent the price of oil well over $100 a barrel, which will undoubtedly contribute to higher inflation estimates in the near future. Ike Brannon, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022 Russia’s attack on Ukraine has helped push the price of oil well over $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014. Tom Fairless, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 The Cardiff Tower, an oil well opened, in 1966, in the historically Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson, mimics the architecture of a synagogue. Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022 About 3%-4% of enhanced oil well recovery sites across North America have this potential. Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022 The first oil well in Los Angeles was dug, by hand, in the neighborhood now known as Echo Park, by two prospectors, Edward Doheny and Charles Canfield, in 1892. Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022 See More