oil patch

基本解釋

Recall the Texas oil patch, circa 1983, as Paul Volcker's Fed corrected the inflation of the 1970s.
回想一下得克薩斯油田，大概在1983年，當(dāng)時(shí)Paul Volcker領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)矯正1970年代的通貨膨脹。
A five-year energy boom here in the administrative heart of Canada’s oil patch and in the tar sands far to the north has ended.
一場(chǎng)因?yàn)槟茉炊鴰?lái)的、為時(shí)五年、位于加拿大油田行政中心和以北的油砂地區(qū)的繁榮，已經(jīng)終結(jié)。
Just as likely, the bag's journey to the checkout counter from its birthplace in a Middle Eastern oil patch will have been shepherded by a Japanese trading company, Mitsubishi.
同樣有可能的是，塑料袋從中東某油田的誕生地長(zhǎng)途跋涉到收銀臺(tái)的旅程，是在日本貿(mào)易公司三菱(Mitsubishi)的操作下完成的。
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How Sir John Browne turned BP Amoco into the hottest prospect in the oil patch.
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Drug abuse in the northern oil patch is more than four times the provincial average.
ECONOMIST: Canada's oil sands: Boomtown on a bender The