Oil is source of just about all economic activity.
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In Indonesia, oil palm, a productive source of cooking oil and biodiesel, offers the biggest reason to clear.
After visiting the oil spill in June 2010, the young engineer decided to leave MIT in Boston to develop an open source oil spill cleaning robot, Protei.
Oil revenues and taxes will become a larger source of government funding as oil comes on line in the next few years.
Agricultural commodities such as rubber, timber and palm oil are the biggest source of fortunes.
More than half of respondents said Saudi Arabia was our biggest foreign source of oil.
We suggest fish oil as the best source of the omega-3 fatty acids.
But since the break-up of the Soviet Union, it's been eyeing a potential new source of oil and gas -- the Caspian Sea.
The Guernsey team are using a process called bio-remediation in the quarry, which uses naturally-occurring bacteria which eat oil as a food source.
As a function of Italy's search for a reliable source of oil, AGIP, a division of ENI, is now a major global petroleum company.
It is "highly unlikely" that the source of oil deposits on Yorkshire beaches will be found, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has said.
The dilution of the oil relative to the source will also be impacted by details such as bacterial degradation, which are not included in the simulations.
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While the Balkans did net the Germans a reliable source of oil, attempting to squeeze an invasion of the Balkans and Operation Barbarossa into the same summer was a gigantic mistake.
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Hi Uma - There is a great deal of research suggesting that extra virgin olive oil, the principal source of fat in the Mediterranean diet (which is also rich in vegetables, cereals, fruit, fish and wine), is very healthy for your heart in several ways.
As long as oil continues to be a significant energy source, the risks associated with accidental release of oil will continue to pose a threat that must be managed.
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PDVSA, the state oil company, is the source of over 90% of the hard currency entering the country.
The U.S. is already implementing sanctions that aim to cut off Iranian oil exports, a major source of revenue for Iran's government.
In the past three months Iraq has signed ten deals with large international companies: these may eventually double or triple Iraq's oil revenues, the main source of state funding.
This sudden surge in exports of oil distillates, the primary source for motor diesel fuel consumed in the U.S., occurred at the same time diesel prices hit record highs.
Olive oil is also a rich source of potent antioxidants called polyphenols, which may help slow the progression of atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries because of cholesterol and inflammatory cell accumulation) by decreasing the susceptibility of bad cholesterol to oxidative damage and stress.
Second, and more important, the vital oil sector needs America as a source of both technology and investment.
Oil and natural gas move from source to market, in pipelines or ships, at around 10 to 20 mph.
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The man who invented the diesel engine more than a century ago knew vegetable oil would be a good fuel source.
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While methane is a cleaner source of energy than oil or coal when burnt, on its own it is an unusually powerful heat-trapping agent -- perhaps 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
The most common belief among the people and the media for the relationship is pragmatic to receive cheap oil and to secure an additional source of foreign aid to counterbalance the weight of the International Monetary Fund.
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This money is the country's second largest legal source of foreign income after oil revenues.
"The testing found that the oil was lightly weathered, raising doubts that the oil traversed the Gulf from the spill source, " a statement said.
In most of the Gulf states, which do not even levy income tax, duties are the third-biggest source of government finance after oil exports and investment income.
The rules for the oil sands, now the fastest growing source of greenhouse gases, have yet to be finalised and will not come into force until 2010.
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