Sentence examples for oil propelling from inspiring English sources

Much of that growth has happened in the past decade or so since Sudan began exporting oil, propelling the nation's "longest and strongest growth episode since independence" in 1956, a recent World Bank report said.

Energy-rich oil propelled civilization into the 21st Century.

The ensuing search by America for a friendlier source for its energy needs, and the rapidly rising cost of oil propelled the development of Alberta's Tar Sands to the point where they are now the United States' largest single source of oil and America is the market for the vast majority of the approximately 1.5 million barrels of oil produced there each day.

SHALE gas and oil are propelling America to energy self-sufficiency and giving its economy a handy boost.

The global economic slowdown continued to pressure oil demand, propelling Valero Energy to write-down $4.1 billion in asset values and reduce its capital spending for the year by 22.9%.

Thanks both to limp demand and buoyant supply, it fell by about half (chart 4 .Faster growth and cheaper oil helped propel America's stockmarket to several new records during the year.

But if drivers are paying more to fill up their tanks, it isn't because the muted rally in crude oil prices is propelling gasoline prices dramatically higher.

A fast-growing economy and oil discoveries are propelling Brazil's research to new heights.

A boom in Russia's oil industry has propelled the market.

When it comes to energy policy, the most closely watched country is China, whose surge in demand has helped propel oil prices upward.

For nine years, a combination of populist politics and rising oil prices have propelled Mr. Chávez's socialist program for Venezuela with an almost inexorable momentum.