They are also a good way to test if a local market for oil exists.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

I ended up in the newspaper the next day for having argued that they are way off on their investment opportunities because oil is such a volatile thing.

结果第二天的报纸就报导,我提出,他们在投资的选择上错得离谱,因为石油是易变的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It's a huge amount of money that they're managing, but I was trying to convince them that they should do something to manage their oil risks because they're way over-invested in oil.

他们管理着一大笔钱，不过我试图说服他们,采取一些措施来应对他们手里石油的风险,因为他们过于侧重在石油上的投资。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Matt Rota says if oil made its way into the marsh, a lot of the plant and animal life would not survive.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

Soy protein and oil also find their way into a wide variety of processed foods for people.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

The bolt comes out and there was no way to hold the oil in the pan.

VOA: standard.2010.08.01

Meanwhile,on Capitol Hill, top executives of other major oil companies told lawmakers their companies would not have drilled the well the way BP did.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Appearing on ABC's television "This Week" program, the chairman of BP America, Lamar McKay, said there is no way to know how much oil is flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

"The bulk of our food production on this planet is dependent to some extent or another on oil or products of oil, so this goes right to the heart of,frankly, the way our society functions,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.20