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What is "oil-rich"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
oil-rich
adjective
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▪ But this had to be reconciled with the need for good relations with the oil-rich Arab countries.
▪ Raimondo, the designer, was frantic; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives.
▪ Then along came the Gulf's oil boom and Western banks found themselves flooded with investments from oil-rich sheikhs.
▪ We know oil-rich regimes purchase their safety and others a dubious new credibility in Western eyes.
▪ Yet at the last count there were six oil-rich states bordering the Gulf.

Usage examples of "oil-rich".

He blamed the oil-rich Arabian sheikhdoms for many of his current problems, not the least of which was the interfering presence of Mr.

They formed an alliance with the oil-rich nations who then joined the venture as financial partners.

Filippov offered, "namely, to garner support and friendship from the oil-rich Arab countries, in hopes the Americans would be allowed to build land bases in Persian Gulf nations so they could move their expensive, vulnerable aircraft carriers out of the Gulf They were so afraid of Iran or Iraq sinking one of their carriers in the Gulf that they made a deal with the devils in the deserts of Arabia to support their Muslim brothers in the Balkans.

Tentacles or pipelines ran out along the seabed from the central body to the dozen wells that had been drilled three thousand meters through the oil-rich sandstone.

The Rumeila South oil field alone could be producing half a million barrels of oil a day within a month or two, and production in the northern oil-rich cities like Mosul and Kirkuk could be even higher.