oil industry
noun [S]Definition
› NATURAL RESOURCES, PRODUCTION the companies and activities involved in the process of producing oil: The European Commission is pushing through a review of safety in the oil industry after the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
(Definition of oil industry noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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