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extraction

[ik-strak-shuhn] / ɪkˈstræk ʃən /




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"Cooperation in oil and gas energy will be reinforced in all fields of trade, exploration, extraction, and human resource training," it added.

From Barron's

The private-equity firm’s new pool is among the largest funds ever collected to invest in the extraction industry.

From The Wall Street Journal

States that depend heavily on extractive industries such as mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction tended to offer fewer protections for insects and arachnids.

From Science Daily

In the Permian basin of New Mexico and west Texas, for example, producers can more quickly and economically ramp up extraction of light crude oil trapped in shale rock.

From Los Angeles Times

Rodríguez has thus been fully cooperative in areas such as American oil extraction and the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with the United States.

From Los Angeles Times