Sentence examples for is mothballing from inspiring English sources

But the buy-out firms had also begun to invest in oil companies themselves a more straightforward bet on the oil price.Carlyle's earnings were dragged down by its stake in SandRidge Energy, a debt-laden oil-and-gas exploration company, which lost 58% of its value over the quarter and has just announced that it is mothballing most of its drilling rigs.

When the project is mothballed, Godfrey cannot let it go.

Much of that is mothballed and may have to be written off.

In 1994, the distillery was shut down — the industry term is "mothballed" — but the answer didn't change until 2000.

The realities of life mean that Sean's precious Austin Mark One 1800 is mothballed in the garage.

(Ironically, now there will be a hiatus as the space shuttle is mothballed next year.

In 2013 the company announced it would be mothballing the refinery, slashing its workforce.

They are mothballing the Marché and dashing for the airport.

One even said he's had enough and would be mothballing his bike.

Businesses that are starved of credit are mothballing investment and cutting their workforce.

Centrica and other power companies have been mothballing gas-fired power plants in Britain.