An oil depot is a place where large amounts of oil are stored for future use or distribution. It is like a big storage area for oil.
Sentences with «oil depot»
A similar incident in Lynchburg, Virginia, involved a train that was also headed to Plains All American Pipelines LP's oil depot in Yorktown, Virginia. (scientificamerican.com)
It's surrounded by a giant oil depot that will light up the Eastern seaboard if there's a collision — and there will be a collision if that train passes at more than twenty miles per hour. (dvdizzy.com)
Though Lee's father himself rose only to be the manager of an oil depot for Shell, the wider clan was established and well - off. (fortune.com)