Sentence examples for control the oil from inspiring English sources
"The military now control the oil platforms, not the militants.
One can only wonder how much control the oil and gas drilling industries have over our future.
"This was a message to Washington: 'You can send a delegation to OPEC, but we control the oil price,' " said Mehdi Varzi, a private energy consultant in London.
"It's important for customers to understand that LIPA does not control the oil and natural gas markets," Mr. Kessel said in a statement.
Back in 2003, because it did not control the oil industry, the government had not yet delivered much on its promises.
There is no agreement on who will control the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, which is claimed by both Baghdad and the semiautonomous Kurdish regional government.
Major elements of the 2005 peace agreement are unresolved — such as which side will control the oil-rich region of Abyei, where fighting has also broken out; citizenship protections for minorities; where final borders will be set; how oil earnings will be shared (the south has 70 percent of the reserves).
In Syria its forces control the oil-producing region around Deir Az-zour, including Syria's largest oilfield at al-Omar, reportedly even selling oil to their enemies, the Assad regime itself.
"Whoever controls petrochemicals controls the oil," said Victor Garcia, a spokesman for the Mexican oil workers union.
There continued to be conflicting reports as to which side controlled the oil refinery at Baiji.
