oil-field

• “In late 1978 oil-field workers in Iran went on strike, which caused chaos in Middle East oil production and sent prices up again.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Good Fight

• “Like the Mitsui deal, BP's pact with Weatherford shelters the oil-field service company from claims brought by private businesses and property owners seeking compensatory damages.”

  The Wall Street Journal: BP, Weatherford Reach Settlement

• “Reuters Daqing, an oil-field city in Northeast China, helped finance Geely's purchase of Volvo.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Geely Sets Second Volvo China Plant

• “China's Ministry of Environmental Protection said it approved Volvo's proposal to build an assembly plant in Daqing, an oil-field city far from Volvo's other China operations.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Geely Sets Second Volvo China Plant

• “Ms. Sussman and her team shot the film mostly in Central Asia, using local fixers to gain access to settings like a chemical factory in Aktau, an oil-field town on the banks of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Dystopian Film That Directs Itself

• “Schlumberger and Trican, two oil-field technology firms, have come out with greener fracking fluids.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Americans (Sort of) Fracking

• “*** Energy Halliburton's earnings soared to $511 million from $206 million a year earlier, as the oil-field services company reported that increased activity in North American unconventional oil fields more than offset impacts from unrest in North Africa and delays in Iraq.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Business Watch

• “Although Mr. Batista has said the company's first wells will begin flowing in September, the uncertainties raised by the new audit, by U.S.-based oil-field consultants DeGolyer & MacNaughton, fueled growing concerns over OGX's ability to meet the high expectations investors had originally placed in the company.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Brazil's OGX Hit By Reserve Estimate

• “A maker of oil-field chemicals, Multi-Chem is headquartered in San Angelo, Texas.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Fire Breaks Out at Louisiana Chemical Plant

• “He lit out for south Texas to become an oil-field roughneck, sending most of his pay home for his family.”

  The Wall Street Journal: William Perry Clements: Lone-Star Giant

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