Word: gusher
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Least Popular Industry, Lifetime Achievement Category Big Oil struck a gusher of bad publicity again. Little more than a year after the Exxon Valdez disaster, the industry got blamed by just about everybody for rising gas and fuel prices in the wake of the Persian Gulf crisis. Oilmen denied any profiteering, but several firms posted huge increases in earnings...
...depth, and Mobil and Chevron hold leases to search in 3,000 m (10,000 ft.) of water. As long as oil prices make the gamble worthwhile, today's explorers will apparently go to any depths to unleash the next great undersea gusher...