It is almost totally supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas, with revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for over half of GDP.

The project established unique mechanisms for World Bank, private sector, government, and civil society collaboration to guarantee that future oil revenues benefit local populations and result in poverty alleviation.

The oil trade balance positive had revenues of $ 3. 295 million in 2008, while non-oil was negative amounting to 2. 842 million dollars.

These imports declined sharply to an average of only US $ 50 million annually between 1985 and 1987, presumably as a result of a dramatic reduction in oil revenues and the precipitous drop in the value of the sucre, which made imported arms extremely expensive.

The 1998 fall-off in oil prices had a negative impact on government revenues and the economy.

Gabon public expenditures from the years of significant oil revenues have not been spent well.

Gabon's oil revenues have given it a strong per capita GDP of more than $ 10, 000, extremely high for the region.

GDP per capita grew 545 % from 1970 to 1980 as a result of the sudden increase in oil export revenues from 1973 to 1979.

Since mid-2009, oil export earnings have returned to levels seen before Operation New Dawn and government revenues have rebounded, along with global oil prices.

Iraq's recent contracts with major oil companies have the potential to greatly expand oil revenues, but Iraq will need to upgrade its oil processing, pipeline, and export infrastructure to enable these deals to reach their potential.

Oil production had reached a level of 560, 000 m³ ( 3. 5 million barrels ) per day, and oil revenues were 21 billion in 1979 and 27 G $ in 1980.

The new boundary enabled Jordan to expand its port facilities and established a zone in which the two parties agreed to share petroleum revenues equally if oil were discovered.

Once a small Persian Gulf sheikhdom known locally as a center for pearl diving and boat construction, Kuwait came to international prominence in the post-World War II era largely because of its enormous oil revenues.

The oil crisis of 1973 and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis.

These oil revenues and a small population have given Libya the highest nominal per capita GDP in Africa.

* The Norwegian company Seadrill owned by John Fredriksen is involved in offshore oildrilling, expected to give the Burmese Military Junta oil and oil export revenues.

Though ranked as 15th in production at ( mbpd ), the top 3 producers Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the United States produce ( 11. 8 %), ( 12. 0 %), and ( 11. 1 %) respectively, collectively accounting for ( 44 %) of the world's total production. To put oil revenues in perspective: at an estimated export rate of, with a projected sales price of $ 65 per barrel in 2011, Nigeria's anticipated revenue from petroleum is about $ 52. 2 billion.

During the 1950s and 1960s gradually increasing oil revenues brought prosperity, rapid immigration, substantial social progress, and the beginnings of Qatar's modern history.

Not only would oil revenues dramatically transform the economy and society, but they would also provide the focus for domestic disputes and foreign relations.

This mollified them as long as oil revenues increased.

In the early 1980s, rapidly rising oil revenues enabled the government to finance large-scale development projects with GDP growth averaging 5 % annually, one of the highest rates in Africa.

The efficiency with which animals convert grains and forages to meat has risen steadily in the United States since the 1930's and has paralleled the increased feeding of the cake and meal that are a byproduct when seeds are processed for oil.

They increased the production of oil in 1986, reduced it in 1987 with a subsequent increase in 1988, but not to the levels of 1980 when production reached its highest level.

This resulted in an increased strategic control over Iranian oil by U. S. and Britain companies.

Since the late ' 60s, the exploitation of oil increased production and reserves are estimated at 4. 036 million barrels

Activities related to oil and gas exploration, including geophysical seismic surveying, pipelaying and drilling operations, increased vessel traffic, and oil spills, all pose potential threats to western gray whales.

The discovery of the Long Beach Oil Field in 1921, which proved to be the world's richest in production per-acre of the time, increased the importance of the Los Angeles Basin as a worldwide oil producer.

This increased again with the discovery of the Wilmington Oil Field in 1932, and the development of the Port of Los Angeles as a means of shipping crude oil overseas.

After the end of hostilities, in 1988, oil exports gradually increased with the construction of new pipelines and restoration of damaged facilities.

After hostilities ceased, oil exports gradually increased with the construction of new pipelines and the restoration of damaged facilities.

In 2004 plans called for increased domestic utilization of natural gas to replace oil and for use in the petrochemical industry.

The prices of all five metals increased between 1950 and 1975, but Ehrlich believes three of the five went down during the 1980s because of the price of oil doubling in 1979, and because of a world-wide recession in the early 1980s.

The price of raw and other natural commodities such as oil, gold, and uranium have risen substantially in recent years, due to increased demand from China, India, and other industrializing countries.

An exception is deep fried types of preparation was introduced during the Edo Period due to influence from Western foods ( once called and Chinese foods, and became commonplace with the availability of oil due to increased productivity.

However since 2000, Kazakhstan's economy grew sharply, aided by increased prices on world markets for Kazakhstan's leading exports — oil, metals and grain.

In November 2008 the two countries increased security along their land border and deployed warships to the Bay of Bengal during a dispute over oil and gas exploration in a disputed portion of the Bay of Bengal.

Inflation in 2006 was the lowest in Latin America at only 1. 8 %, but increased in 2007 as oil and commodity prices rose ; in the first half of 2008, it had reached about 5. 5 %.

Multiphase pumping applications, also referred to as tri-phase, have grown due to increased oil drilling activity.

A study by Rudan and Barbano found that the addition of a thin layer of vegetable oil atop low-and reduced-fat pizza cheese increased meltability and reduced browning and dehydration when the product was cooked, but the texture remained overly chewy and tough.

Forced to look for alternatives to taro, Samoa's exporters have dramatically increased the production of copra, coconut oil, and fish.

Coal lost its rank as Switzerland's primary energy source, as other fossil fuels such as crude and refined oil and natural and refined gas imports increased.

Taxes from the oil have increased public sector spending on social welfare, art, sport, environmental measures and financial development.

The increased costs of imported oil caused the yen to depreciate to a range of ¥ 290 to ¥ 300 between 1974 and 1976.