depletion allowance
Example Sentences
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President Nixon has proposed that Congress repeal the U.S. depletion allowance for oil wells located abroad.
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Even so, Congress has not been persuaded that exploration would be discouraged by a reduction in the depletion allowance.
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More important it is likely that the domestic depletion allowance will be abolished or substantially reduced.
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While industry lobbyists still protested the impending death of the depletion allowance, some individual oil executives were pleased to fend off a much harder blow.
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The prime tar get of the critics is the oil depletion allowance.
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