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The country has held several rounds of bidding for both onshore and offshore oil and gas resources since 2016.
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Mauna Loa has erupted 33 times in the past 175 years, and Loihi, a submarine volcano about 20 miles offshore, erupted in 1996.
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The Offshore Technology Conference not only attracts people from around the world, but machines and equipment that make offshore, and increasingly, drilling go.
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There are several reasons for the business of drilling and pumping oil, particularly offshore, to be male dominated.
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The cloud was offshore, running parallel to the coast.
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The cloud was offshore, running parallel to the coast.
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Israel decides how far its fishermen may sail offshore, and whether Gazans can use 3G services on their mobile phones.
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The Coast Guard was notified shortly before 7 p.m. of an unmanned 12-foot dark green Jon Boat roughly a half mile offshore of Lions Park, according to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard 9th District Great Lakes.
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First Known Use of offshore
1720
Definition of offshore
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: coming or moving away from the shore toward the water
- an offshore breeze
2 a
: situated off the shore but within waters under a country's control
- offshore fisheries
b
: distant from the shore — compare inshore
3
: situated or operating in a foreign country
- offshore mutual funds
- offshore banking
Examples of offshore in a Sentence
We sailed to an offshore island.
He works on an offshore oil rig.
They opened an offshore bank account.
He traced the money to an offshore investment company.
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Apple has been buying back its own shares at a furious clip since last year’s tax-overhaul package freed up more than $250 billion that the company had accumulated in its offshore bank accounts.
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Last week the Interior Department's Royalty Policy Committee issued a recommendation suggesting that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lower royalty rates for offshore oil and gas drilling on seabed owned by the US government.
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North Carolina Republicans point to economic advantages in pursuing offshore oil and natural gas.
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The deal gave Davenport a $40 million windfall, a quarter of which was secretly funneled to Tanner through offshore accounts the men set up, according to prosecutors.
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The deal gave Davenport a $40 million windfall, a quarter of which was secretly funneled to Tanner through offshore accounts the men set up, according to prosecutors.
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The Paradise Papers offers a rare glimpse that provides more detail in how some have invested in offshore accounts.
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These charges involved much of the same conduct Manafort and Gates were initially accused of, but the amount of money Manafort said to have laundered through offshore accounts increased to $30 million.
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Between the two cases, he is accused of laundering $30 million through offshore accounts and using false statements to obtain $25 million in bank loans.
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First Known Use of offshore
1769
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Recent Examples of offshore from the Web
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Iceland’s hope of finding oil offshore its coast is fading after China and Norway decided to back out of the island nation’s only remaining exploration license.
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Hurricane Jose, which had threatened the northern Caribbean a few days after Irma before turning north into the Atlantic, is moving slowly offshore of the central U.S. Atlantic Coast.
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First Known Use of offshore
1942
OFFSHORE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of offshore for English Language Learners
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: moving away from the shore toward the water
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: located in the ocean away from the shore
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: located in a foreign country
OFFSHORE Defined for Kids
Definition of offshore for Students
1
: coming or moving away from the shore
- an offshore breeze
2
: located off the shore
- offshore oil
Definition of offshore for Students
: from the shore : at a distance from the shore
He swam offshore.
The boat is anchored offshore.
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