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21Oil price increase of 1990 — The 1990 (or third) energy crisis was milder and more brief than the two previous oil crises (1973 and 1979). It lasted only six months and occurred as a result of the first Gulf War. As Saddam Hussein retreated, the oil fields of Kuwait were set …
22hit the jackpot — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. win, be lucky, be well paid, strike it rich*, hit paydirt*, strike oil*; see also win 1 …
23oil heater — /ˈɔɪl hitə/ (say oyl heetuh) noun a room heater fuelled by oil …
24East Texas Oil Field — The East Texas Oil Field is an enormous oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering convert|140000|acre|km2 and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the largest oil field in the United States outside of… …
25Kettleman 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… …
26South Cuyama Oil Field — The South Cuyama Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in the Cuyama Valley and the adjacent northern foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains in northeastern Santa Barbara County, California. Discovered in 1949, and with a cumulative production… …
272003 to 2008 world oil market chronology — This article is a chronolgy of events affecting the oil market. For a discussion of the energy crisis of the same period, see 2000s energy crisis and Effects of 2000s energy crisis. For current fuel prices see Gasoline usage and pricing. From the …
28Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …
29Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …
30Prudhoe Bay Oil Field — Prudhoe Bay oil field …
