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Oil company beginning to explore Alabama location (6)

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mobile

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'location' is the definition.
(Mobile is an example)

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(Other definitions for mobile that I've seen before include "For European this is a handy" , "US city" , "Able to move easily and quickly" , "Movable, phone say" , "Free to move" .)

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