But the sight of workers wearing white protective suits and gloves hauling in tons of oil-contaminated waste - including bags of sandy tar balls, vegetation,used oil booms, rags and other clean-up supplies - has caused alarm among some Gulf coast communities.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

It was used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Her reports showed that Standard Oil used illegal methods to make other companies lose business.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

Menhaden and its oil are used in animal feed and other products.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

Workers also used chemical dispersants to break up the oil.

VOA: special.2011.04.23

Expanded U.S.sanctions would cover petroleum, petroleum by-products, oil or liquefied natural gas, tankers,and products used to construct or maintain pipelines.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

At a stop in Theodore,Alabama, the president toured a facility repairing booms used in containing oil, and spoke to workers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

(SAYING) "PDVSA used to just pump oil to support the wealthy.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Now oil is used for health care, nutrition,education,and jobs."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

"Someone could attack the industrial control systems that control all the valves, all the distribution systems, and are used to turn on and off various aspects involved with energy and the electrical power grid and oil and gas distribution networks,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.11