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...oped than its neighbors, contains some of the world's greatest deposits of petroleum and natural gas.

company_slogan = Beyond petroleum. | ...[1908]] (as the [[Anglo-Persian Oil Company]])<br>[[1954]] (as The British Petroleum Company) |

...bited the region, which was first explored by La Salle in 1669. The French-British rivalry for control of the area led to the last of the French and Indian Wa ...region between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes within the boundaries of Canada. The colonists' resentment over these acts contributed to the discontent th

...tural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed ...anium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum

...deration of Malaya in 1948 and eventually negotiated independence from the British in 1957.<a href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2777.htm" TARGET="_blank"

...3, 1932, Iraq gained independence from the League of Nations Mandate under British Administration. On June 28, 2004, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) * Industry: Types--petroleum, chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food processing.

...rdering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico ..." | ''total:'' 12,034 km <br />''border countries:'' [[Directory:Canada|Canada]] 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), [[Directory:Mexico|Mexico]] 3,

...ment of this principle is found in ''[[Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd]]'' [1915] ...istinct name that does not need to make reference to their membership. In Canada, this possibility is taken to its logical extreme: many smaller Canadian co

...na, the 18th state. Spain ceded West Florida in 1821. In January 1815, the British attacked New Orleans, unaware that a peace treaty to end the War of 1812 ha ...na became a major American producer of oil and natural gas and a center of petroleum refining and petrochemicals manufacturing, which it remains to this day.

* Created the Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 4, 1923 (now the [[National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska]]) ...wn to him. At the end of July, while traveling south from Alaska through [[British Columbia]], he developed what was thought to be a severe case of [[food poi

|occupation=[[Businessperson|Businessman]] ([[Petroleum industry|Oil]]) ...tries|accessdate=2008-03-29}}</ref> and confounded the [[Zapata Oil|Zapata Petroleum Corporation]], an oil company which drilled in the Permian base in Texas, i

...many downsides: high cost, limited life, periodic cleaning requirements, petroleum use, toxic and carcinogenic chemicals in the infill material, high temperat The use of AstroTurf and similar surfaces became widespread in the U.S. and Canada in the early 1970s, installed in both indoor and outdoor stadiums used for

...<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> removed price controls from domestic [[petroleum]] production,<ref>[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=33281 Ji ...an servicemen who took part in cleaning up after a [[nuclear meltdown]] at Canada's [[Chalk River Laboratories]] reactor.[http://www.ccnr.org/paulson_legacy.

...dy and his family were in attendance at the [[Strangers Gallery]] of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] to hear speeches in support of the [[Un In 1940, Kennedy completed his thesis, "Appeasement in Munich," about British participation in the [[Munich Agreement]]. He initially intended his thesis

...nd under pressure to withdraw from Palestine quickly because of attacks on British forces by armed Zionist groups and Arab militias.<ref>{{cite web |url=http: At the urging of the British, a special U.N. committee, [[UNSCOP]], recommended the immediate partitioni