word | | Economy - overview |
| dredging | Atlantic Ocean | ... the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Other economic activity includes the exploitation of natural resources, e.g., fishing, dredging of aragonite sands (The Bahamas), and production of crude oil and natural gas (Caribbean Sea ... |
| drew | Libya | ... attract greater foreign direct investment, especially in the energy sector. Libyan oil and gas licensing rounds drew high international interest, but new rounds are unlikely until Libya establishes a more permanent government ... |
| drew | Namibia | ... with the Namibian dollar pegged one-to-one to the South African rand. Until 2010, Namibia drew 40% of its budget revenues from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Increased payments from ... |
| dried | Brazil | ... quarters of recession, as global demand for Brazil's commodity-based exports dwindled and external credit dried up. However, Brazil was one of the first emerging markets to begin a recovery. In ... |
| dried | Burma | ... Remittances from overseas Burmese workers - who had provided significant financial support for their families - slowed or dried up as jobs were lost and migrant workers returned home. In 2011 the government took ... |
| dried | Russia | ... crisis as oil prices plummeted and the foreign credits that Russian banks and firms relied on dried up. The Central Bank of Russia spent one-third of its $600 billion international reserves ... |
| drilling | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | ... per day. Political tensions between the UK and Argentina remain high following the start of oil drilling activities in the waters around the Falkland Islands. In September 2011, a British exploration firm ... |
| drilling | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | ... boost economic prospects. Fish farming, crab fishing, and agriculture are being developed to diversify the local economy. Recent test drilling for oil may pave the way for development of the energy sector |
| drilling | Ukraine | ... unique equipment (for example, large diameter pipes) and raw materials to industrial and mining sites (vertical drilling apparatus) in other regions of the former USSR. Shortly after independence in August 1991, the ... |
| drillings | Pacific Ocean | ... NZ, China, and Peru. The high cost of recovering offshore oil and gas, combined with the wide swings in world prices for oil since 1985, has led to fluctuations in new drillings |
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