oil-boom
21boom — I. verb Etymology: Middle English bomben, bummen, of imitative origin Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to make a deep hollow sound 2. a. to increase in importance, popularity, or esteem b. to experience a sudden rapid growth and expansion… …
22boom or bust — either large profits or large losses, rich or poor, feast or famine In the oil business, it s boom or bust. Some years it s worth more than gold; other years it isn t worth the cost of production! …
23boom — boom1 noun a loud, deep, resonant sound. verb make this sound. Derivatives boominess noun booming adjective boomy adjective Origin ME: ult. imitative; perh. from Du. bommen to hum, buzz . boom2 noun a period of great prosperity …
24Ohio Oil Rush — Cygnet, Ohio, in Wood County was a booming oil town with 13 saloons and many workers when this photo was taken in 1885. The Ohio oil rush was a 19th century petroleum boom in the southeast Ohio, United States. The boom started in 1860 in… …
25Gulf States' Construction Boom — ▪ 2008 In the early 21st century, virtually all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) showcased levels of economic development and infrastructure expansion… …
26Predicting the timing of peak oil — M. King Hubbert, who devised the peak theory, correctly predicted in 1956 that oil production would peak in the United States between 1965 and 1970Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels,M.K. Hubbert, Presented before the Spring Meeting of the… …
27History of the oil shale industry — Cite paper last =Dyni | first =John R. title =Geology and resources of some world oil shale deposits. Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5294 publisher = U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey year = 2006 url =… …
28Coalinga Oil Field — The Coalinga Oil Field in Central California. Other oil fields are shown in gray. The Coalinga Oil Field is a large oil field in western Fresno County, California, in the United States. It surrounds the town of Coalinga, about half way between… …
29Wamsutta Oil Refinery — was established around 1861 in McClintocksville in Venango County near Oil City, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was the first business enterprise of Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840 1909), who became a famous capitalist, businessman,… …
30Kettleman North Dome Oil Field — The Kettleman North Dome Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in Kings and Fresno Counties, California. Discovered in 1928, it is fifteenth largest field in the state by total ultimate oil recovery, and of the top twenty oil fields it is the… …
