They view the law's "exploration and production contracts" as thinly veiled production-sharing agreements, whereby firms win the right to a fixed proportion of the output of fields they develop.
At times, however, the event has risked becoming a victim of its own success, with detractors accusing it of turning into a boutique outlet for thinly veiled Hollywood productions.
Political and religious imagery was hardly veiled in the production on Thursday night.
Nissan's Pathfinder concept, a thinly veiled version of the 2013 production vehicle, was accompanied by a thinly veiled Nissan smart key, on which photos and specifications were stored.
But the production also functions as a veiled yet moving account of a complicated father-and-son relationship, fueled as much by anger and resentment as by love and respect.
This raises the question whether forms of human congenital leptin deficiency exist, in which the production of biologically inactive leptin is veiled by the presence of unsuspicious or even elevated serum leptin levels.
The production flamboyantly exposed the hideous gash but discreetly veiled the artistic rationale for turning this tabloid story into drama.
But she had not been in "The Glass Menagerie" before taking on the role of Amanda Wingfield, a translucently veiled version of the playwright's own mother, in the current production at Hartford Stage.
The F-type Coupe is very much its own animal, however – a truth evident as early as 2011 when Jaguar showed the C-X16, a lightly veiled concept that has informed every curve, kink and flare of the production car.
Using a mixture of gentle persuasion and thinly veiled threats, United States trade officials pressed steel-making countries from around the world today to reduce production and lift prices.
