单词	oil patch
释义	oil patch noun 1 : oil field 2 : the petroleum industry Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web It’s in the California oil patch, where toxic chemicals sicken low-income families. Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 In Canada’s oil patch, the appointment of a former environmental activist was greeted gingerly at best — and seen by some as a deliberate slight. Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 Shale companies are reporting banner profits but are warning that inflation in the oil patch is leading them to increase their spending. Benoît Morenne, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022 A year later, a man went on a highway shooting rampage in the West Texas oil patch that left seven people dead, spraying bullets into passing cars and shopping plazas and killing a U.S. Postal Service employee while hijacking her mail truck. Paul J. Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2022 Industry observers in Alaska give several reasons for the tepid job growth in the oil patch. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2022 Reaction in Canada’s oil patch was cautiously supportive. Brian Platt, Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2022 After the price of crude collapsed, in 2014, profits disappeared, many shale producers went bankrupt, and investors suffered big losses that are still remembered on Wall Street—and in the oil patch. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 11 May 2022 Feld thinks the good times will continue to roll in the oil patch. John Dorfman, Forbes, 6 May 2022 See More Word History First Known Use circa 1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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