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PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of economic geology that deals with the occurrence and exploitation of oil and gas fields
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("petroleum geology" is a kind of...):
economic geology (the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials)