Sentence examples for acquire a concession from inspiring English sources
Then the company used its presence in the local market to acquire a concession for the generation and distribution of electricity.
Development of Bolivia's petroleum resources dates from 1920, when the Standard Oil Company of the United States acquired a concession to explore and exploit the Andean foothill zone in southeastern Bolivia.
In 2011 Shell and the Italian company Eni agreed to make a payment of US$1.1 billion to acquire an oil concession from the Nigerian government.
In 1972, in his last major venture, he formed a consortium with Occidental and Getty Oil to acquire a North Sea oil concession.
Mr. Selby acquired a hunting concession of about 4,500 square miles — "larger than many African national parks," the New York Times reported in 1970 — and with his company helped build the wildlife-tourism industry in Botswana, blazing new trails through the bush and building some of the country's first lodges for wildlife photographers.
Jadranska vrata d.d. has acquired a separate concession to operate the container terminal in the Port of Rijeka until 2041.
The Twins know they would get Hughes and center fielder Melky Cabrera for Santana, and the Yankees believe that is enough of a concession to acquire a pitcher who will also demand a contract exceeding $100 million.
He and other union leaders seemed resigned to making the concessions but indicated that they would try to acquire an ownership stake in The Post in exchange for union concessions.
He acquired a good idea of the true value of such a concession through his experience.
Exxon officials told the investigators that the payments were made not to acquire oil concessions but to pay for a variety of services, such as security and catering, that Exxon needed in order to operate in Equatorial Guinea.
