oil exploration

collocation in English

meaningsofoilandexploration

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oil
noun
uk
/ɔɪl/us
/ɔɪl/
petroleum (= the black oil obtained from under the earth's surface from which ...
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exploration
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌek.spləˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈreɪ.ʃən/
the activity of searching and finding out ...
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(Definition ofoilandexplorationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoil exploration

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There he investigated the possibilities of applying palynology inoilexplorationareas.
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Seaborne contamination may arise from spills from oil tankers, offshoreoilexploration, ocean dumping, and the sinking of marine vessels.
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The most important contracts have so far been in mining,oilexploration, telecommunications and tourism.
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This was a most interesting period with the subject first developing under the impetus of coal studies and subsequently because of the use of palynology inoilexploration.
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Forced to counter the idea of startingoilexplorationand production to save the environment, they were unable, it seems, to frame the debate in terms of their own agenda.
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The difference between tin andoilexplorationand, more especially, natural gas exploration is that tin is not persistent in its incidence.
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It was that for anybody, private or public, to engage inoilexplorationin one narrow field is a highly dangerous and risky business commercially.
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Again, the success of such ventures, much as they are welcomed, can last only as long asoilexplorationand production continue.
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The corporation's present statutory borrowing limit of £600 million was suitable for a corporation involved inoilexplorationand production as well as oil trading.
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I am no expert onoilexploration, except as a user of oil.
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One often hears rumours, but not many facts, aboutoilexploration.
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If they lack the expertise in the highly technical field ofoilexplorationto do this, how will they obtain it?
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There is no justification, in our view, for direct state involvement inoilexplorationand production.
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Ilmenite andoilexplorationare not considered fit matters for co-operative development in view of the high technical knowledge and finance required.
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There has also been considerable gas andoilexplorationand constituents are seriously worried.
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If concessions were granted foroilexploration, there could be a condition that the companies concerned must make the airfield a proper size.
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Let us not forget thatoilexplorationin the far-off early days was undertaken by the private sector.
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Details of planning applications relating to onshoreoilexplorationsubmitted to and determined by local planning authorities are not collected centrally.
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The only exceptions are those connected withoilexploration.
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