Sentence examples for looking for oil from inspiring English sources

He came to town looking for oil but found salt.

Companies looking for oil in the north have had a high success rate.

Inconveniently, that means looking for oil in deep water, miles offshore.This poses daunting physical challenges.

The number of rigs looking for oil off America has almost halved in the past year.

"Our task forces are looking for oil each day," he said.

"Alternative energy is O.K., but we have to keep looking for oil.

Chevron, an American oil giant, is looking for oil offshore.But there is a long way to go.

"I just wanted some demo data to plug in for a formation — I wasn't even looking for oil," Coskey recalled.

And they started looking for oil using many of the same techniques that they had used to look for silver".

That's about as high tech as international oil corporate operations get in Nigeria: human eyes looking for oil leaks.

Mark Crossland said 15 trained scientists are out on land and sea looking for oil-injured animals.