It is an "oil country," similar to the one which bears this name in North America.

But this is oil country, and times have not been good in the last two years.

It is hard not to notice the western interventions happening in oil rich countries.

In a second round of contributions for 1985 to 1987, funding dropped to $460 million, with the oil countries' share down to 40 percent.

Let the Palistinians get their aid from those oil countries.

Since 1913 Iran has been a major oil exporting country.

Most of the terrain covered by the highway is lightly populated ranch and oil country.

His accent placed him in the northern part of the state, well away from the oil country.

At the same time effective dialogue is required with groupings of oil producing countries, exactly as stated in the report.

This is an oil country and every year we have billions of dollars coming to Iraq.