Sentence examples for supported oil from inspiring English sources

Mr. Stevens said thousands of Alaska Natives supported oil exploration and development in the refuge.

Twenty-four Democratsupporteded oil drilling off Florida, 8 favored drilling in the national monuments and 14 supported the mining industry on cleanup costs.

Ms. Murkowski has supported oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and construction of a natural gas pipeline to the Middle West, like almost every Alaska politician.

GeoPark said the focus of its project in Block 64 is between the Situche and Anaso creeks, where Shuar and Achuar native communities that are not affiliated with FENAP have supported oil exploration.

Expectations that the Federal Reserve will agree to cut interest rates when it meets today also supported oil and other commodities markets, raising the likelihood that the economy will weather a credit crisis.

The news supported oil company shares with BP up 0.85p at 496.2p ahead of the start of a court case next week relating to the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

OPEC ministers are set to meet over the weekend to discuss measures to support oil prices.

"But ministers must now scrutinise the handouts given to support oil, gas and coal," he said.

"The Canadian government supports oil sands so we are developing them".

There is, says one trader, a lot of "paper froth" supporting oil prices.

He joined his opponent, and the Bush administration, in supporting oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve.