oil-producing country
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcountry
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country
noun
uk/ˈkʌn.tri/us/ˈkʌn.tri/
an area of land that has its own government, ...
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Such economic mismanagement in the fifth richestoil-producingcountryin the world is almost incredible.
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Everyoil-producingcountryhas a national oil company.
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Nearly every otheroil-producingcountryis involved in participation.
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I was talking to the ambassador of anoil-producingcountrynot long ago.
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If that were to happen, we would be the onlyoil-producingcountryin the world without royalty oil.
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Every otheroil-producingcountryuses it to build an industrial base.
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That is true, but it is not the most prudentoil-producingcountry.
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We are anoil-producingcountry, and we seem to be getting very little value out of it.
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We cannot pick off oneoil-producingcountryand bargain with it; we now have to bargain at international level, so the price of oil has gone up.
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Every single majoroil-producingcountryhas a special tax regime to reflect the economics of the oil industry and to ensure that their country shares in the benefits.
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As an oil-consuming country we have an interest in keeping the price down but as anoil-producingcountrywe may have an interest in pushing the price up.
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Every majoroil-producingcountryhas a special tax regime to reflect the economics of its oil industry and ensure that their country shares in its benefits.
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Scotland is anoil-producingcountry.
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For instance, in many oil-producing countries in which the government owns the oil resources, energy is subsidized by setting a low price for the raw oil.
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We have seen oil-producing countries waking up and increasing their prices hugely.
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It is not just the cartel of oil-producing countries we should be concentrating on though, but also that of the oil companies.
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Our belief is that that should more than offset any reduction in demand resulting from the cutback in imports by oil-producing countries.
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