Sentences with phrase «engineered oil crisis»

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Under the direction of chief engineer John Mowrey, [2] Chevrolet began developing the Chevette on December 24, 1973, in response to the federal CAFE standards and the 1973 oil crisis and GM's Energy Task Force, arising out of the crisis and the resultant shift in consumer demand to smaller, foreign vehicles boasting greater fuel efficiency.

These challenges came from every angle from new emissions standards in 1970 to an oil crisis three years later, in addition to innumerable engineering issues.

As heavy drilling mud is pumped through the well in hopes of overcoming the upward force from the pressurized oil and gas, one can only hope there will be a telegenic high - five moment for the hard - working engineers working relentlessly on the crisis since late April.