Sentence examples for major oil fields from inspiring English sources

It will be for the development of six major oil fields and two gas fields.

And American energy companies are at work developing the major oil fields here.

Russia's major oil fields are thousands of miles away from the deep-water ports that oil tankers require.

Saudi Arabia has a significant Shiite minority in its Eastern Province, a region of major oil fields; sectarian tensions are high in the province.

An Army War College study shows that of the fifteen hundred oil wells in Iraq's two major oil fields, only nine were damaged during the war.

Iraq's major oil fields, like Kirkuk in the north and Rumaila in the south, form a belt along the border with Iran and have been producing for decades.

In the late 1960s another major oil field was discovered at Prudhoe Bay, near the mouth of the Colville River, on the North Slope.

In Alaska, an F.B.I. investigation into ties between lawmakers and a major oil field services company could influence several legislative races.

As chief executive of a major oil field services concern, Halliburton Co., Mr. Cheney developed extensive business interests for the company in Algeria.

Halliburton, a major oil field services company and one of the nation's largest defense contractors, was once led by former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Spindletop, the first major oil field in Texas, was discovered nearby when the Lucas Well blew in 1901, and a boom city sprang up.