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oil patch

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  1. oil patchnoun

    A geographical region from which petroleum is extracted.

  2. oil patchnoun

    The petroleum producing industry; as, low oil prices cause hard times in the oil patch.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of oil patch in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of oil patch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of oil patch in a Sentence

  1. John Ing:

    The much beleaguered energy group on the heels of the Talisman takeover is drawing attention to the undervalued nature of the oil patch and so you're seeing an uptick of this very sorry group.

  2. Sid Mokhtari:

    It's a more stable environment right now, given that we've taken away the volatility with the big selloff we had in the oil patch.

  3. Bill Downe:

    The story of the oil patch is much more a story of restructuring than it is one of failure and default. That means the strongest companies are going to buy weaker companies.

  4. John Kinsey:

    We are starting to see where the loan losses on the oil patch fit in.

  5. Chief Executive Officer Bill Downe:

    The story of the oil patch is much more a story of restructuring than it is one of failure and default, that means the strongest companies are going to buy weaker companies.

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