petroleum industry
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petroleum
noun[U]
uk/pəˈtrəʊ.li.əm/us/pəˈtroʊ.li.əm/
a dark, thick oil obtained from under the ground, from which various substances including petrol, paraffin, and diesel oil ...
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industry
noun
uk/ˈɪn.də.stri/us/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofpetroleumandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It could develop these measuring devices to help thepetroleumindustryand the chemical engineering industry.
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One can take the example of thepetroleumindustry.
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Thepetroleumindustrywould be happy to acknowledge sponsorship of this year's measures.
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While thepetroleumindustrycertainly boomed during the revolutionary period, oil production began to decline drastically in the 1920s.
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Different federations have historically retained influence in particular sectors of the economy-for example, among workers in thepetroleumindustry, or port workers, or the textile industry.
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By agreement, one of my officials has a seat on the board of the offshorepetroleumindustrytraining board.
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I have had regular meetings with the chairman of the offshorepetroleumindustrytraining board to discuss matters of mutual interest.
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Participation agreements and planning agreements are cumulative and would impose an intolerable burden upon the operations of thepetroleumindustry.
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I have had talks with thepetroleumindustryand others.
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There is regular contact between officials, the fishing industry and the offshorepetroleumindustryto foster mutual understanding of respective interests.
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The additional case is a board for the offshore sector only of thepetroleumindustry.
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There is, for example, thepetroleumindustrytraining board, which has concentrated on providing training for people working for small offshore companies.
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We have had discussions about the onshorepetroleumindustry.
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Of all the impediments to production in thepetroleumindustry, lack of refining capacity is the most serious.
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We ought to get thepetroleumindustryto agree to carry on this industry and not allow it to die.
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Studies undertaken by companies in thepetroleumindustryhave been inconclusive.
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It is not possible to make direct comparisons with salaries paid by thepetroleumindustrysince these vary widely between companies.
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We cannot, we must not, mismanage our ocean resources through cynical commercialisation, whether in thepetroleumindustryor in seabed mining.
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