What is meant by "established and prolific" in this sentence?

0 ⤊

What is meant by "established and prolific" in this sentence?

---------------------
Twenty five bn barrels or 45% of the remaining reserves were discovered in the last ten years mainly in deepwater portion of three *established and prolific* basins: the Niger Delta basin, the Gabon-Congon basin and the Mauritania-Senegal-Bissau province.

2006-12-25 19:07:38 · 3 answers · asked by JustSimpleMe 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

3 answers

"established" means the wells have been developed, i.e. are producing oil and "prolific" means the wells are producing lots of oil.

2006-12-26 04:13:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

founded and very productive

2006-12-26 04:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

already known and fertile

2006-12-26 03:16:39 · answer #3 · answered by ashis_sud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋