Example sentences of "of the oil industry " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the Second World War this species was hunted , as part of a traditional subsistence economy , by Bedouin tribes but with the development of the oil industry and the introduction of modern vehicles and weapons , hunting parties organised on a large scale rapidly reduced oryx populations to such an extent that they were virtually eliminated . |
| 2 | Thus , for example , in order to understand what is going on at the local outside-level on Lewis , it is necessary to examine the structure of the oil industry as a whole . |
| 3 | But politicians , bolstered by popular sentiment in favour of state ownership , have ensured since the nationalisation of the oil industry in 1975 that the state-run Petroleos de Venezuela ( PDVSA ) has kept an iron grip on the energy sector . |
| 4 | Geoffrey Lloyd ( who had ministerial experience of the oil industry ) pointed out that , despite similar economic characteristics , the oil companies were able to achieve a higher degree of self-financing . |
| 5 | The effects of the oil industry observed in this study are also consistent with long established observations on both experimental and human epidemics which Topley summarised 50 years ago as indicating that outbreaks of many infective diseases can be produced simply by ‘ movements of susceptible and infected hosts in relation to one another , and aggregations or dispersals of human or animal herds . ’ |
| 6 | The same month the Majles approved nationalization of the oil industry . |
| 7 | The discovery of oil in significant quantities ensured the successful formation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company on 14 April 1909 , and marked the birth of the oil industry of the Middle East . |
| 8 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 9 | It demonstrated the concern of the oil industry to be good neighbours and to take care in its actions to minimise its disruption to the natural environment , he said . |
| 10 | Occupational , family and residential histories over a twenty-year period will elucidate and Aberdonians ' relationship to and experience of the oil industry across generations . |
| 11 | A decree signed in October allowed for the gradual deregulation of the oil industry , whereby the exploration and exploitation of oil reserves , hitherto the sole province of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales ( YPF ) , would be open to foreign companies and all YPF oil wells would be privatized within six months . |
| 12 | As reported on June 22 , the government announced that 20-year contracts would be offered to several companies to explore and develop marginal oil fields , the first time commercial companies had been allowed to do so since the nationalization of the oil industry in 1976 . |
| 13 | There was speculation as to Abdesselam 's future policy towards the repayment of Algeria 's foreign debt and towards foreign companies participating in the extraction of oil and gas reserves ; Abdesselam had been a director of Sonatrach , the state oil company , and then minister responsible for overseeing the nationalization of the oil industry in 1971 . |
| 14 | Pérez stated that the current fiscal crisis was the result of the collapse of the revenue-generating capacity of the oil industry , the traditional backbone of the economy . |
| 15 | The Mexican President , Carlos Salinas de Gortari , announced the decision in a speech on March 18 to mark the 53rd anniversary of the nationalization of the oil industry . |
| 16 | Mr d'Ancona admits : ‘ It was probably harder to get British industry to respond to the legitimate requirements of the oil industry than to get the oil industry to make allowance for the legitimate interests of the supply industry . ’ |