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Currently, energy companies including Italy’s Eni, France’s Total and ExxonMobil are involved in a hydrocarbons search in the waters of Cyprus’ southern coastline. — Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Seattle Times, "Israel: ‘Much safer’ Mediterranean with Cyprus teamwork," 12 Feb. 2019 Anastasiades said Cyprus and Israel share a joint commitment to the East Med project that would diversify Europe’s hydrocarbons supply and bolster its energy security. — Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Seattle Times, "Israel: ‘Much safer’ Mediterranean with Cyprus teamwork," 12 Feb. 2019 Add to that organized opposition to hydrocarbons, increasingly competitive renewables and revolutionary changes in vehicle transportation. — Houston Chronicle, "Competition for top talent keeps pay scale high in oil industry," 13 July 2018 Advocates say a carbon tax would reduce the use of hydrocarbons by creating a disincentive. — Mark P. Mills, WSJ, "Have We Got a Carbon Tax ‘Dividend’ for You," 8 Jan. 2019 Of course, there's always Titan, Saturn's giant moon that has liquid bodies of hydrocarbons on its surface. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "NASA Is Launching a Submarine to the Seafloor," 13 Aug. 2018 By 2023, total U.S. liquid hydrocarbon output will rise to 17 million barrels a day from 13.2 million last year, the IEA said. — Javier Blas, Bloomberg.com, "OPEC-Shale Dinner Serves Small Talk on Oil, Not Much Else," 6 Mar. 2018 Instead, LanzaTech captures the gases that come out of a steel plant and feeds them to a collection of proprietary microbes that eat the gases and create alcohol that can be refined into long hydrocarbons that create fuel. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "Tonight a Virgin Atlantic 747 will fly on fuel made from industrial waste gas," 2 Oct. 2018 ExxonMobil will begin a hydrocarbon search off Cyprus later this year. — Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Seattle Times, "Cyprus, Egypt set to sign deal for offshore gas pipeline," 18 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hydrocarbon.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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