oil sector
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoilandsector
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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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sector
noun[C]
uk/ˈsek.tər/us/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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(Definition ofoilandsectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoil sector
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Nationalisation of theoilsectorwas explicitly rejected.
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The latest estimates are of 20,000 people employed in theoilsector, including those working for international oil companies. 30.
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In the first year,oilsectoroutput falls by 0.8 per cent while imports of oil and refined petroleum both fall by about 2 per cent.
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In such enclave contexts, companies can operate freely and do not face the rent-seeking, contractual uncertainty or threat of expropriation that are widespread outside theoilsector.
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This they owed both to the fact that they were perceived as loyalists and to the general insulation of theoilsectorfrom the turmoil of domestic politics.
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The crudeoilsectoris one of two industries in the model with 'land' (oil reserves) as an input and the quantity of domestic reserves is assumed fixed.
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We must look at the wholeoilsectorbalance.
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Unaccounted funds are related to the lack of transparency inoilsectorflows and weak public finance management.
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That is not merely because of oil, because this extends outside theoilsector.
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For theoilsectorthere will be a compensation the other way round.
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There have been no industrial disputes in the downstreamoilsectorin the past 12 months that have resulted in disruption to fuel supplies.
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Even in recent debates, voices were heard advocating substantial concessions to the privateoilsector.
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In the meantime, as at last everyone seems to recognise, our economy outside theoilsectoris rapidly going downhill.
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The lack of transparency on world oil markets facilitates speculation and inhibits investment in theoilsector.
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So one could say that the development of thisoilsectorhas raised the stakes for the peace negotiations.
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This year, it is theoilsectorthat is holding back the economy, because the non-oilsectoris growing faster than theoilsector.
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Why are you ending intervention in the oliveoilsectorand not in other sectors, which are also surplus sectors?
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There is also the oil seeds and oliveoilsector, but perhaps that is not particularly relevant in view of our climatic conditions.
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