noun
a region in W Africa, comprising the vast Niger River delta: formerly a British protectorate; now a part of Nigeria.
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How to use Oil Rivers in a sentence
The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.
Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.
The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.
Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.
In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
The Variegated Horsetail is not exclusively maritime, however, for it sometimes grows by the sides of rivers and ponds.
Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.
A very small amount may be present after ingestion of large quantities of cod-liver oil or other fats.
You may look again and again, and see millions of suns and systems spread out across the heavens like rivers of living gems.
British Dictionary definitions for Oil Rivers
pl n
the delta of the Niger River in S Nigeria
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